Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.92 A bird whose wings are cut
4.92
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
बद्धं तु नादबन्धेन मनः सन्त्यक्तचापलम् ।
प्रयाति सुतरां स्थैर्यं छिन्नपक्षः खगो यथा baddhaṃ tu nādabandhena manaḥ santyaktacāpalam |
prayāti sutarāṃ sthairyaṃ chinnapakṣaḥ khago yathā
The line
Bound by the bond of nāda (नाद), the mind that has left its restlessness goes strongly to steadiness, like a bird whose wings are cut.
नेपालीमा
नादको बन्धनले बाँधिएको, चञ्चलता छोडेको मन जोडले स्थिरतामा जान्छ, पखेटा काटिएको चराझैँ।
Where it sits
The simile is the verse's. Chinna-pakṣa (छिन्न-पक्ष) is the cut wing.
Split: baddhaṃ (बद्धं) tu (तु) nāda (नाद) + bandhena (बन्धेन) manaḥ (मनः) santyakta (सन्त्यक्त) + cāpalam (चापलम्) / prayāti (प्रयाति) sutarāṃ (सुतरां) sthairyaṃ (स्थैर्यं) chinna (छिन्न) + pakṣaḥ (पक्षः) khago (खगो) yathā (यथा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| baddhaṃ (बद्धं) | nominative or accusative singular | bound. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| nāda-bandhena (नाद-बन्धेन) | instrumental singular | the sound; to bind. |
| manaḥ (मनः) | nominative singular | mind. manaḥ (मनः) before a vowel in sandhi, or the stem. |
| santyakta-cāpalam (सन्त्यक्त-चापलम्) | nominative or accusative singular | fickleness. |
| prayāti (प्रयाति) | form in the line | goes. |
| sutarāṃ (सुतरां) | form in the line | thoroughly. |
| sthairyaṃ (स्थैर्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | steadiness. |
| chinna-pakṣaḥ (छिन्न-पक्षः) | nominative singular | cut; a wing. |
| khago (खगो) | form in the line | a bird. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
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. Bound by the bond of nāda (नाद), the mind that has left its restlessness goes strongly to steadiness, like a bird whose wings are cut.