Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.80 Meditation on the brows
4.80
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उन्मन्यवाप्तये शीघ्रं भ्रूध्यानं मम संमतम् ।
राजयोगपदं प्राप्तुं सुखोपायोऽल्पचेतसाम् ।
सद्यः प्रत्ययसन्धायी जायते नादजो लयः unmanyavāptaye śīghraṃ bhrūdhyānaṃ mama saṃmatam |
rājayogapadaṃ prāptuṃ sukhopāyo'lpacetasām |
sadyaḥ pratyayasandhāyī jāyate nādajo layaḥ
The line
For the quick obtaining of unmanī (उन्मनी), meditation on the brows is what I approve. For obtaining the place of rāja (राज) yoga it is an easy means for small minds. A dissolution born of nāda (नाद) arises at once, joining one to conviction.
नेपालीमा
उन्मनी छिटो पाउन भौंको ध्यानलाई म मान्छु। राजयोगको स्थान पाउन यो साना मनका लागि सजिलो उपाय हो। नादबाट जन्मेको लय तुरुन्त उठ्छ, र मानिसलाई निश्चयमा जोड्छ।
Where it sits
Svātmārāma (स्वात्माराम)'s own approval, in the first person. The brows were the gaze of siddhāsana (सिद्धासन). The dissolution born of the sound is the easy means he names.
Split: unmany (उन्मन्य्) + avāptaye (अवाप्तये) śīghraṃ (शीघ्रं) bhrū (भ्रू) + dhyānaṃ (ध्यानं) mama (मम) saṃmatam (संमतम्) / rāja (राज) + yoga (योग) + padaṃ (पदं) prāptuṃ (प्राप्तुं) sukhopāyo'lpa (सुखोपायोऽल्प) + cetasām (चेतसाम्) / sadyaḥ (सद्यः) pratyaya (प्रत्यय) + sandhāyī (सन्धायी) jāyate (जायते) nādajo (नादजो) layaḥ (लयः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| unmany-avāptaye (उन्मन्य्-अवाप्तये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | obtained. |
| śīghraṃ (शीघ्रं) | indeclinable | quickly. |
| bhrū-dhyānaṃ (भ्रू-ध्यानं) | nominative or accusative singular | the brow; meditation. |
| mama (मम) | form in the line | my. |
| saṃmatam (संमतम्) | nominative or accusative singular | agreed. |
| rāja-yoga-padaṃ (राज-योग-पदं) | nominative or accusative singular | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; yoga; to go, to fall. |
| prāptuṃ (प्राप्तुं) | form in the line | to reach. |
| sukhopāyo'lpa-cetasām (सुखोपायोऽल्प-चेतसाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | the mind. |
| sadyaḥ (सद्यः) | nominative singular | at once. |
| pratyaya-sandhāyī (प्रत्यय-सन्धायी) | nominative singular | a cognition; having joined. |
| jāyate (जायते) | present | is born. |
| nādajo (नादजो) | form in the line | born of nāda (नाद). |
| layaḥ (लयः) | nominative singular | laya. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 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. For the quick obtaining of unmanī (उन्मनी), meditation on the brows is what I approve. For obtaining the place of rāja (राज) yoga it is an easy means for small minds. A dissolution born of nāda (नाद) arises at once, joining one to conviction.