Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.31 What the stretch does
1.31
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
इति पश्चिमतानमासनाग्र्यं पवनं पश्चिमवाहिनं करोति ।
उदयं जठरानलस्य कुर्यादुदरे कार्श्यमरोगतां च पुंसाम् iti paścimatānam āsanāgryaṃ pavanaṃ paścimavāhinaṃ karoti |
udayaṃ jaṭharānalasya kuryād udare kārśyam arogatāṃ ca puṃsām
The line
This back-stretch, foremost of seats, makes the wind flow along the back, makes the belly's fire rise, and makes leanness in the belly and freedom from disease for men.
नेपालीमा
यो पछाडिको तान, आसनहरूमध्ये प्रमुख, वायुलाई पिठ्यूँबाट बगाउँछ, पेटको अग्नि उठाउँछ, र मानिसका लागि पेटमा दुब्लोपन तथा रोगमुक्ति ल्याउँछ।
Where it sits
An anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) from 1.30. The seat named there is the subject. This edition's verse is the fruit, in a longer count than the anuṣṭubh (अनुष्टुभ्).
Split: iti (इति) paścimatānam (पश्चिमतानम्) āsanāgryaṃ (आसनाग्र्यं) pavanaṃ (पवनं) paścima (पश्चिम) + vāhinaṃ (वाहिनं) karoti (करोति) / udayaṃ (उदयं) jaṭharānalasya (जठरानलस्य) kuryād (कुर्याद्) udare (उदरे) kārśyam (कार्श्यम्) arogatāṃ (अरोगतां) ca (च) puṃsām (पुंसाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
| paścimatānam (पश्चिमतानम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| āsanāgryaṃ (आसनाग्र्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| pavanaṃ (पवनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the wind. |
| paścima-vāhinaṃ (पश्चिम-वाहिनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the rear; carrying. |
| karoti (करोति) | form in the line | does. |
| udayaṃ (उदयं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| jaṭharānalasya (जठरानलस्य) | genitive singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kuryād (कुर्याद्) | form in the line | one should do. |
| udare (उदरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the belly. |
| kārśyam (कार्श्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular | leanness. |
| arogatāṃ (अरोगतां) | form in the line | health. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| puṃsām (पुंसाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | a man. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 23, 23 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. This back-stretch, foremost of seats, makes the wind flow along the back, makes the belly's fire rise, and makes leanness in the belly and freedom from disease for men.