Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.78 The happiness born of dissolution
4.78
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अस्तु वा मास्तु वा मुक्तिरत्रैवाखण्डितं सुखम् ।
लयोद्भवमिदं सौख्यं राजयोगादवाप्यते astu vā māstu vā muktir atraivākhaṇḍitaṃ sukham |
layodbhavam idaṃ saukhyaṃ rājayogād avāpyate
The line
Let release be, or let it not be. Here itself there is an unbroken happiness. This happiness born of dissolution is obtained from rāja (राज) yoga.
नेपालीमा
मुक्ति होस्, वा नहोस्। यहीँ अटुट सुख छ। लयबाट जन्मेको यो सुख राजयोगबाट पाइन्छ।
Where it sits
The astu vā māstu vā (अस्तु वा मास्तु वा) is the verse's own leave-it-be, said of the name release. The happiness is what it keeps.
Split: astu (अस्तु) vā (वा) māstu (मास्तु) vā (वा) muktir (मुक्तिर्) atraivākhaṇḍitaṃ (अत्रैवाखण्डितं) sukham (सुखम्) / layodbhavam (लयोद्भवम्) idaṃ (इदं) saukhyaṃ (सौख्यं) rāja (राज) + yogād (योगाद्) avāpyate (अवाप्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| astu (अस्तु) | form in the line | let it be. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| māstu (मास्तु) | form in the line | let release be unnamed. |
| muktir (मुक्तिर्) | form in the line | released. |
| atraivākhaṇḍitaṃ (अत्रैवाखण्डितं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| sukham (सुखम्) | nominative or accusative singular | ease. |
| layodbhavam (लयोद्भवम्) | nominative or accusative singular | born of laya. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| saukhyaṃ (सौख्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | ease. |
| rāja-yogād (राज-योगाद्) | form in the line | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; yoga. |
| avāpyate (अवाप्यते) | present | is obtained. |
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. Let release be, or let it not be. Here itself there is an unbroken happiness. This happiness born of dissolution is obtained from rāja (राज) yoga.