Haṭha Pradīpikā 4.28
अस्तु वा मास्तु वा मुक्तिर् अत्रैवाखण्डितं महत् |
लयामृतमयं सौख्यं राजयोगादवाप्यते ||28||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Whether liberation (muktiḥ | nom sg) be (astu | 3p sg act imp), or (vā) not (mā) be (astu | 3p sg act imp), or (vā) otherwise: here (atra), indeed (eva), a great (mahat | nom acc sg n), unbroken (akhaṇḍitam | nom acc sg n) happiness consisting of the nectar of dissolution (laya-amṛta-mayaṃ saukhyam | nom acc sg) is attained (avāpyate | 3p sg pas pres) through Rājayoga (rāja-yogāt | abl sg).
Whether or not one calls this Mokṣa, Rājayoga gives rise to unbroken happiness steeped in the nectar of dissolution.
ākhaṇḍitaṃ mahat MBHDL2026 ] ākhaṇḍitaṃ sukham NS1882
Perpetual Happiness is achieved by this; I do not care if the mukti be not attained. This happiness, resulting from absorption [in Brahma], is obtained by means of Raja-Yoga.
Es entstehe nun Erlösung oder nicht, so ist auf jeden Fall die Glückseligkeit vollständig. Diese dem Laya entsprungene Glückseligkeit wird durch Rajayoga erlangt.
Haṭha Pradīpikā 4.29
हठं विना राजयोगो राजयोगं विना हठः |
न सिध्यति ततो युग्मम् आ निष्पत्तेः समभ्यसेत् ||29||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Without (vinā) Haṭha (haṭham | acc sg), Rājayoga (rāja-yogaḥ | nom sg) does not (na) succeed (sidhyati | 3p sg act pres); without (vinā) Rājayoga (rāja-yogam | acc sg), Haṭha (haṭhaḥ | nom sg) does not succeed. Therefore (tatas), one should practise (samabhyaset | 3p sg act opt) both together (yugmam | acc sg) up to (ā) consummation (niṣpatteḥ | abl sg).
Haṭha and Rājayoga belong together. Practice of body and breath and inner dissolution must be cultivated together until consummation.
haṭhaṃ vinā rājayogo rājayogaṃ vinā haṭhaḥ na sidhyati tato yugmam ā niṣpatteḥ samabhyaset MBHDL2026 ] om. NS1882
Haṭha Pradīpikā 4.30
राजयोगमजानन्तः केवलं हठकर्मठाः |
ये तु तान्कर्षकान्मन्ये प्रयासफलवर्जितान् ||30||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Those who do not know (ajānantaḥ | nom pl m pca) Rājayoga (rāja-yogam | acc sg) and are occupied solely (kevalam) with Haṭha practices (haṭha-karmaṭhāḥ | nom pl m), those (tān | acc pl m), however (tu), I consider (manye | 1p sg med pres) to be laborers (karṣakān | acc pl) deprived of the fruit of their exertion (prayāsa-phala-varjitān | acc pl m ppp).
Haṭha without Rājayoga remains external labor: much effort, but no true fruit.
haṭhakarmaṭhāḥ ye tu tān karṣakān MBHDL2026 ] haṭhakarmiṇaḥ etān abhyāsino NS1882
Those who are ignorant of the Râja-Yoga and practise only the Haṭha-Yoga, will, in my opinion, waste their energy fruitlessly.
Diejenigen Yogin, welche Râjayoga nicht kennen und sich bloss mit Hathayoga abgeben, halte ich für Menschen, welche die Früchte ihrer Anstrengung nicht geniessen.
Haṭha Pradīpikā 4.31
तत्त्वं बीजं हठः क्षेत्रम् औदासीन्यं जलं त्रिभिः |
उन्मनीकल्पलतिका सद्य एवोद्भविष्यति ||31||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Reality (tattvam | nom acc sg) is the seed (bījam | nom acc sg), Haṭha (haṭhaḥ | nom sg) the field (kṣetram | nom acc sg), and equanimity (audāsīnyam | nom acc sg) the water (jalam | nom acc sg). Through these three (tribhiḥ | ins pl), the wish-fulfilling vine of Unmanī (unmanī-kalpa-latikā | nom sg) will immediately (sadyas), indeed (eva), sprout (udbhaviṣyati | 3p sg act fut).
Realization grows from three conditions: truth as the seed, Haṭha as the ground, and equanimity as the water.
The garden image is resolved systematically. Tattva, supreme reality, is the seed; Haṭha, here the union of Prāṇa and Apāna through breath control, is the soil; and Audāsīnya, highest non-attachment, is the water. From these three conditions, Unmanī grows like a wish-fulfilling vine. Bodily technique, insight, and detachment are therefore not separate from one another.
tattvaṃ bījaṃ haṭhaḥ kṣetram audāsīnyaṃ jalaṃ tribhiḥ unmanīkalpalatikā sadya evodbhaviṣyati MBHDL2026 ] transp. NS1882 post HP 4.77, ante HP 4.55*3
sadya evodbhaviṣyati MBHDL2026 ] sadya eva pravartate NS1882
sadya evodbhaviṣyati MBHDL2026 ] sadya eva pravartate NS1882
Tatwa is the seed, Haṭha the field; and Indifference (Vairâgya) the water. By the action of these three, the creeper Unmanî thrives very rapidly.
Der Geist ist der Same, Hatha das Feld, höchste Entsagung das Wasser. Durch diese drei entsteht sofort die Zauberliane Unmanî.
Haṭha Pradīpikā
राजयोगः समाधिश्च उन्मनी च मनोन्मनी |
अमरौघो ऽपि चाद्वैतं निरालम्बं निरञ्जनम् ||32||
अमनस्को लयस्तत्त्वं शून्याशून्यं परं पदम् |
जीवन्मुक्तिश्च सहजं तुर्यं चेत्येकवाचकाः ||33||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
Rājayoga (rāja-yogaḥ | nom sg), Samādhi (samādhiḥ | nom sg), Unmanī (unmanī | nom sg), Manonmanī (manonmanī | nom sg), and also (api) Amaraugha (amaraughaḥ | nom sg), non-duality (advaitam | nom acc sg n), the unsupported (nirālambam | nom acc sg n), the stainless (nirañjanam | nom acc sg n), freedom from mind (amanaskaḥ | nom sg m), dissolution (layaḥ | nom sg), reality (tattvam | nom acc sg n), the void-and-non-void (śūnya-aśūnyam | nom acc sg n), the supreme state (paraṃ padam | nom acc sg n), liberation while living (jīvan-muktiḥ | nom sg), the natural (sahajam | nom acc sg n), and the fourth state (turyam | nom acc sg n) are expressions for one and the same thing (eka-vācakāḥ | nom pl m).
Rājayoga, Samādhi, Unmanī, Manonmanī, Amaraugha, Advaita, Nirālamba, Nirañjana, Amanaska, Laya, Tattva, Śūnyāśūnya, the supreme state, Jīvanmukti, Sahaja, and Turya are different names for one and the same state.
rājayogaḥ samādhiś ca unmanī ca … ca sahajaṃ turyaṃ cety ekavācakāḥ MBHDL2026 ] transp. NS1882 post HP 4.0*2, ante HP 4.0*3
Râja Yoga, Samâdhi, Unmanî, Manonmanî, Amaratva, Laya, Tattva, Śûnya, Aśûnya, Parama Pada, Amanaska, Advaita, Nirâlamba, Nirañjana, Jîvanmukti, Sahajâ and Turyâ are all synonymous.
Synonyma sind: Rajayoga, Samadhi, Unmanî, Manonmanî, Amaratva, Laya, Tattva, Şûnyâşûnya, Parapada, Amanaska, Advaita, Niralamba, Niranjana, Jivanmukti, Sahaja, Turya.
Haṭha Pradīpikā 4.34
उन्मन्यवाप्तये शीघ्रं मार्गौ द्वौ मम संमतौ |
तत्त्वं परमसौख्यं वा नादोपासनमेव च ||34||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
For the swift (śīghram) attainment of Unmanī (unmanī-avāptaye | dat sg), two paths (mārgau dvau | nom du m) are recognized (saṃmatau | nom du m ppp) by me (mama | gen sg): reality or supreme happiness (tattvaṃ parama-saukhyaṃ vā | nom acc sg), and (ca) indeed (eva) devotion to the inner sound (nāda-upāsanam | nom acc sg).
For rapid entry into Unmanī, the text names two paths: direct realization of reality and the practice of the inner sound.
unmanyavāptaye śīghraṃ mārgau dvau mama saṃmatau MBHDL2026 ] transp. NS1882 ante HP 4.27*1
mārgau dvau MBHDL2026 ] bhrūdhyānaṃ NS1882
mārgau dvau MBHDL2026 ] bhrūdhyānaṃ NS1882
Haṭha Pradīpikā 4.35
सौख्यप्रविष्टचित्तानां मूढानामपि संमतम् |
सद्याअनन्दसंधायी जायते नादजो लयः ||35||
Metre: Anuṣṭubh
This is recognized (saṃmatam | nom acc sg n ppp) even (api) for the deluded (mūḍhānām | gen pl m), whose minds are absorbed in pleasure (saukhya-praviṣṭa-cittānām | gen pl): Laya born of Nāda (nāda-jaḥ layaḥ | nom sg) arises (jāyate | 3p sg med pres) and immediately produces joy (sadya-ānanda-saṃdhāyī | nom sg m).
Nāda Laya is regarded as accessible even to people whose minds remain strongly attached to pleasure. It immediately brings forth joy and dissolution.
saukhyapraviṣṭacittānāṃ mūḍhānām api saṃmatam sadyaānandasaṃdhāyī jāyate nādajo layaḥ MBHDL2026 ] om. NS1882
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