1.25

Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)

पद्मासनं तु संस्थाप्य जानूर्वोरन्तरे करौ ।
निवेश्य भूमौ संस्थाप्य व्योमस्थं कुक्कुटासनम् padmāsanaṃ tu saṃsthāpya jānūrvor antare karau |
niveśya bhūmau saṃsthāpya vyomasthaṃ kukkuṭāsanam

The line

Having set the lotus seat, placing the hands between knees and thighs and planting them on the ground: raised in the air, that is the cock seat.

नेपालीमा

कमलको आसन लगाएर, हात घुँडा र तिघ्राको बीचमा राखी जमिनमा टेक्दा, हावामा उठेको त्यो कुखुराको आसन हो।

Where it sits

Kukkuṭa (कुक्कुट) is the cock. The lotus it starts from is taught at 1.46. The order of the chapter names this shape first.

Split: padmāsanaṃ (पद्मासनं) tu (तु) saṃsthāpya (संस्थाप्य) jānūrvor (जानूर्वोर्) antare (अन्तरे) karau (करौ) / niveśya (निवेश्य) bhūmau (भूमौ) saṃsthāpya (संस्थाप्य) vyomasthaṃ (व्योमस्थं) kukkuṭāsanam (कुक्कुटासनम्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
padmāsanaṃ (पद्मासनं)	nominative or accusative singular	padmāsana (पद्मासन). The lotus seat.
tu (तु)	indeclinable	and. A slight turn in the sentence.
saṃsthāpya (संस्थाप्य)	form in the line	having placed.
jānūrvor (जानूर्वोर्)	form in the line	as this verse uses the word.
antare (अन्तरे)	locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative	inside.
karau (करौ)	dual, nominative or accusative	a maker.
niveśya (निवेश्य)	form in the line	as this verse uses the word.
bhūmau (भूमौ)	dual, nominative or accusative	the ground.
vyomasthaṃ (व्योमस्थं)	nominative or accusative singular	as this verse uses the word.
kukkuṭāsanam (कुक्कुटासनम्)	nominative or accusative singular	as this verse uses the word.

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. Having set the lotus seat, placing the hands between knees and thighs and planting them on the ground: raised in the air, that is the cock seat.