Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.91 A goad for the elephant
4.91
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मनोमत्तगजेन्द्रस्य विषयोद्यानचारिणः ।
समर्थोऽयं नियमने निनादनिशिताङ्कुशः manomattagajendrasya viṣayodyānacāriṇaḥ |
samartho'yaṃ niyamane ninādaniśitāṅkuśaḥ
The line
For the mind that is a rutting elephant-king roaming the garden of objects, this is able to restrain it: the goad sharpened by the sound.
नेपालीमा
विषयको बगैँचामा डुल्ने मत्त गजराजजस्तो मनलाई रोक्न यही सक्छ, आवाजले तिखारिएको अङ्कुश।
Where it sits
Nināda (निनाद) is the sounding. Aṅkuśa (अङ्कुश) is the goad. The mind is the elephant.
Split: mano (मनो) + matta (मत्त) + gajendrasya (गजेन्द्रस्य) viṣayodyāna (विषयोद्यान) + cāriṇaḥ (चारिणः) / samartho'yaṃ (समर्थोऽयं) niyamane (नियमने) nināda (निनाद) + niśitāṅkuśaḥ (निशिताङ्कुशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mano-matta-gajendrasya (मनो-मत्त-गजेन्द्रस्य) | genitive singular | the mind. The stem in a compound; rutting; a lordly elephant. |
| viṣayodyāna-cāriṇaḥ (विषयोद्यान-चारिणः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| samartho'yaṃ (समर्थोऽयं) | nominative or accusative singular | able; who, which. |
| niyamane (नियमने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | restraining. |
| nināda-niśitāṅkuśaḥ (निनाद-निशिताङ्कुशः) | nominative singular | a sounding. |
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. For the mind that is a rutting elephant-king roaming the garden of objects, this is able to restrain it: the goad sharpened by the sound.