Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.98 Fire in the wood
4.98
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
काष्ठे प्रवर्तितो वह्निः काष्ठेन सह शाम्यति ।
नादे प्रवर्तितं चित्तं नादेन सह लीयते kāṣṭhe pravartito vahniḥ kāṣṭhena saha śāmyati |
nāde pravartitaṃ cittaṃ nādena saha līyate
The line
A fire set going in the wood grows quiet together with the wood. The mind set going in nāda (नाद) dissolves together with the nāda (नाद).
नेपालीमा
काठमा सल्केको आगो काठसँगै शान्त हुन्छ। नादमा सल्केको मन नादसँगै लीन हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The simile is the verse's. The mind and the sound go out together.
Split: kāṣṭhe (काष्ठे) pravartito (प्रवर्तितो) vahniḥ (वह्निः) kāṣṭhena (काष्ठेन) saha (सह) śāmyati (शाम्यति) / nāde (नादे) pravartitaṃ (प्रवर्तितं) cittaṃ (चित्तं) nādena (नादेन) saha (सह) līyate (लीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāṣṭhe (काष्ठे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | a log. |
| pravartito (प्रवर्तितो) | form in the line | set going. |
| vahniḥ (वह्निः) | nominative singular | fire. |
| kāṣṭhena (काष्ठेन) | instrumental singular | a log. |
| saha (सह) | indeclinable | together. |
| śāmyati (शाम्यति) | present | grows quiet. |
| nāde (नादे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the sound. |
| pravartitaṃ (प्रवर्तितं) | nominative or accusative singular | set going. |
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| nādena (नादेन) | instrumental singular | the sound. |
| līyate (लीयते) | present | is dissolved. |
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. A fire set going in the wood grows quiet together with the wood. The mind set going in nāda (नाद) dissolves together with the nāda (नाद).