Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.77 Equal to the lord of yogins
4.77
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
एकीभूतं तदा चित्तं राजयोगाभिधानकम् ।
सृष्टिसंहारकर्तासौ योगीश्वरसमो भवेत् ekībhūtaṃ tadā cittaṃ rājayogābhidhānakam |
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartāsau yogīśvarasamo bhavet
The line
Then the mind has become one. It has the name rāja (राज) yoga. He is a maker of creation and of dissolution. He becomes equal to the lord of yogins.
नेपालीमा
तब मन एक भएको हुन्छ। यसको नाम राजयोग हो। ऊ सृष्टि र लयको कर्ता हो। ऊ योगीहरूको स्वामीसमान हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of 4.76. The name rāja yoga (राज योग) is the height the book set at the start.
Split: ekībhūtaṃ (एकीभूतं) tadā (तदा) cittaṃ (चित्तं) rāja (राज) + yogābhidhānakam (योगाभिधानकम्) / sṛṣṭi (सृष्टि) + saṃhāra (संहार) + kartāsau (कर्तासौ) yogīśvara (योगीश्वर) + samo (समो) bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekībhūtaṃ (एकीभूतं) | nominative or accusative singular | become one. |
| tadā (तदा) | indeclinable | then. |
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| rāja-yogābhidhānakam (राज-योगाभिधानकम्) | nominative or accusative singular | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling. |
| sṛṣṭi-saṃhāra-kartāsau (सृष्टि-संहार-कर्तासौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | emitting; withdrawing. |
| yogīśvara-samo (योगीश्वर-समो) | form in the line | lords of yogins; equal. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
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. Then the mind has become one. It has the name rāja (राज) yoga. He is a maker of creation and of dissolution. He becomes equal to the lord of yogins.