Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.29 What it gives
1.29
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मत्स्येन्द्रपीठं जठरप्रदीप्तिं प्रचण्डरुग् मण्डलखण्डनास्त्रम् ।
अभ्यासतः कुण्डलिनीप्रबोधं चन्द्रस्थिरत्वं च ददाति पुंसाम् matsyendrapīṭhaṃ jaṭharapradīptiṃ pracaṇḍarug maṇḍalakhaṇḍanāstram |
abhyāsataḥ kuṇḍalinīprabodhaṃ candrasthiratvaṃ ca dadāti puṃsām
The line
Matsyendra's seat gives men a kindling of the belly, a weapon that cuts a circle of severe disease, the waking of kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), and steadiness of the moon.
नेपालीमा
मत्स्येन्द्रको आसनले मानिसलाई पेटको प्रज्वलन, कठोर रोगको चक्र काट्ने हतियार, कुण्डलिनीको जागरण र चन्द्रको स्थिरता दिन्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of 1.28. Candra-sthiratva (चन्द्र-स्थिरत्व) is the moon made steady. The chapter will return to that moon when the nectar is kept from falling.
Split: matsyendra (मत्स्येन्द्र) + pīṭhaṃ (पीठं) jaṭhara (जठर) + pradīptiṃ (प्रदीप्तिं) pracaṇḍa (प्रचण्ड) + rug (रुग्) maṇḍala (मण्डल) + khaṇḍanāstram (खण्डनास्त्रम्) / abhyāsataḥ (अभ्यासतः) kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) + prabodhaṃ (प्रबोधं) candra (चन्द्र) + sthiratvaṃ (स्थिरत्वं) ca (च) dadāti (ददाति) puṃsām (पुंसाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| matsyendra-pīṭhaṃ (मत्स्येन्द्र-पीठं) | nominative or accusative singular | Matsyendra; a seat. |
| jaṭhara-pradīptiṃ (जठर-प्रदीप्तिं) | form in the line | the belly; kindling. |
| pracaṇḍa-rug (प्रचण्ड-रुग्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| maṇḍala-khaṇḍanāstram (मण्डल-खण्डनास्त्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular | a round of forty days, in this verse's practice. |
| abhyāsataḥ (अभ्यासतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kuṇḍalinī-prabodhaṃ (कुण्डलिनी-प्रबोधं) | nominative or accusative singular | kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी); waking. |
| candra-sthiratvaṃ (चन्द्र-स्थिरत्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | the moon. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| dadāti (ददाति) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| puṃsām (पुंसाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | a man. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 22, 22 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. Matsyendra's seat gives men a kindling of the belly, a weapon that cuts a circle of severe disease, the waking of kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), and steadiness of the moon.