Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.72 The pot
4.72
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
द्वितीयायां घटीकृत्य वायुर् भवति मध्यगः ।
दृढासनो भवेद् योगी ज्ञानी देवसमस् तदा dvitīyāyāṃ ghaṭīkṛtya vāyur bhavati madhyagaḥ |
dṛḍhāsano bhaved yogī jñānī devasamas tadā
The line
In the second, the wind, made into a pot, comes to be in the middle. The yogin becomes firm in the seat, a knower, equal to a god.
नेपालीमा
दोस्रोमा घडा पारिएको वायु बीचमा आउँछ। योगी आसनमा दृढ हुन्छ, जान्ने हुन्छ, देवतासमान हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Ghaṭīkṛtya (घटीकृत्य) is having made it a pot. The second stage is ghaṭa (घट), the pot of 4.69.
Split: dvitīyāyāṃ (द्वितीयायां) ghaṭīkṛtya (घटीकृत्य) vāyur (वायुर्) bhavati (भवति) madhyagaḥ (मध्यगः) / dṛḍhāsano (दृढासनो) bhaved (भवेद्) yogī (योगी) jñānī (ज्ञानी) deva (देव) + samas (सम) tadā (तदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvitīyāyāṃ (द्वितीयायां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ghaṭīkṛtya (घटीकृत्य) | form in the line | having made a pot, having centered. |
| vāyur (वायुर्) | form in the line | the breath. |
| bhavati (भवति) | present | becomes. |
| madhyagaḥ (मध्यगः) | nominative singular | in the middle. |
| dṛḍhāsano (दृढासनो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhaved (भवेद्) | form in the line | becomes. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| jñānī (ज्ञानी) | nominative singular | knowledge. |
| deva-samas (देव-समस्) | form in the line | a god; equal. |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
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. In the second, the wind, made into a pot, comes to be in the middle. The yogin becomes firm in the seat, a knower, equal to a god.