Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.70 The unstruck tinkling
4.70
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
ब्रह्मग्रन्थेर् भवेद् भेदो ह्यानन्दः शून्यसम्भवः ।
विचित्रः क्वणको देहेऽनाहतः श्रूयते ध्वनिः brahmagranther bhaved bhedo hy ānandaḥ śūnyasambhavaḥ |
vicitraḥ kvaṇako dehe'nāhataḥ śrūyate dhvaniḥ
The line
There is a piercing of Brahmā (ब्रह्मा)'s knot, and a bliss born of the void. A varied tinkling, unstruck, is heard in the body.
नेपालीमा
ब्रह्माको गाँठो छेडिन्छ, र शून्यबाट जन्मेको आनन्द हुन्छ। विविध अनाहत झङ्कार शरीरमा सुनिन्छ।
Where it sits
Anāhata (अनाहत) is unstruck. This is the sound of the beginning, ārambha (आरम्भ). Śārṅgadeva (शार्ङ्गदेव)'s Saṅgītaratnākara (सङ्गीतरत्नाकर) distinguishes the struck sound from the unstruck, and it builds song, instrument, and dance on nāda (नाद). Sangeet Yatra is the practice of that śāstra (शास्त्र) at the instrument. This verse is the yogin's hearing of an unstruck sound in the body. The same word nāda (नाद), a different room.
Split: brahma (ब्रह्म) + granther (ग्रन्थेर्) bhaved (भवेद्) bhedo (भेदो) hy (ह्य्) ānandaḥ (आनन्दः) śūnya (शून्य) + sambhavaḥ (सम्भवः) / vicitraḥ (विचित्रः) kvaṇako (क्वणको) dehe'nāhataḥ (देहेऽनाहतः) śrūyate (श्रूयते) dhvaniḥ (ध्वनिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brahma-granther (ब्रह्म-ग्रन्थेर्) | form in the line | Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), or the stem of Brahman, as the compound decides; a knot. |
| bhaved (भवेद्) | form in the line | becomes. |
| bhedo (भेदो) | form in the line | a piercing, a break. |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for. hi (हि) before a vowel. |
| ānandaḥ (आनन्दः) | nominative singular | bliss. |
| śūnya-sambhavaḥ (शून्य-सम्भवः) | nominative singular | empty; born of, arising. |
| vicitraḥ (विचित्रः) | nominative singular | varied. |
| kvaṇako (क्वणको) | form in the line | a tinkling. |
| dehe'nāhataḥ (देहेऽनाहतः) | nominative singular | in the body; unstruck. |
| śrūyate (श्रूयते) | present | is heard. |
| dhvaniḥ (ध्वनिः) | nominative singular | a sound. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 16 syllables. A hyphen in the split is a compound joint, a teaching mark, and the voice joins it.
Say it back
Cover the English and say the verse in one sentence. There is a piercing of Brahmā (ब्रह्मा)'s knot, and a bliss born of the void. A varied tinkling, unstruck, is heard in the body.