Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.79 Haṭha practice alone
4.79
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
राजयोगमजानन्तः केवलं हठकर्मिणः ।
एतानभ्यासिनो मन्ये प्रयासफलवर्जितान् rājayogam ajānantaḥ kevalaṃ haṭhakarmiṇaḥ |
etān abhyāsino manye prayāsaphalavarjitān
The line
Those who do not know rāja (राज) yoga, mere doers of haṭha (हठ): I think these practitioners ones whose exertion is left without fruit.
नेपालीमा
जो राजयोग जान्दैनन् र हठ मात्र गर्छन्, ती अभ्यासीहरूको परिश्रम फलबिना छोडिएको छ भन्ने म सम्झन्छु।
Where it sits
The verse's own judgment. It belongs with 2.76 and 4.103. Haṭha (हठ) comes through with rāja yoga (राज योग).
Split: rāja (राज) + yogam (योगम्) ajānantaḥ (अजानन्तः) kevalaṃ (केवलं) haṭha (हठ) + karmiṇaḥ (कर्मिणः) / etān (एतान्) abhyāsino (अभ्यासिनो) manye (मन्ये) prayāsa (प्रयास) + phala (फल) + varjitān (वर्जितान्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rāja-yogam (राज-योगम्) | nominative or accusative singular | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; yoga. |
| ajānantaḥ (अजानन्तः) | nominative singular | one who does not know. |
| kevalaṃ (केवलं) | indeclinable | alone. |
| haṭha-karmiṇaḥ (हठ-कर्मिणः) | nominative singular | haṭha (हठ). The yoga of force. |
| etān (एतान्) | accusative plural | these. |
| abhyāsino (अभ्यासिनो) | form in the line | practitioners. |
| manye (मन्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | I think. |
| prayāsa-phala-varjitān (प्रयास-फल-वर्जितान्) | accusative plural | strain; fruit; left. |
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. Those who do not know rāja (राज) yoga, mere doers of haṭha (हठ): I think these practitioners ones whose exertion is left without fruit.