Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.38 Another setting
1.38
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मेण्ढ्रादुपरि विन्यस्य सव्यं गुल्फं तथोपरि ।
गुल्फान्तरं च निक्षिप्य सिद्धासनमिदं भवेत् meṇḍhrād upari vinyasya savyaṃ gulphaṃ tathopari |
gulphāntaraṃ ca nikṣipya siddhāsanam idaṃ bhavet
The line
Placing the left ankle above the penis, and the other ankle above that: this is siddhāsana (सिद्धासन).
नेपालीमा
बायाँ गोलीगाँठो लिङ्गमाथि राखेर र अर्को गोलीगाँठो त्यसमाथि राख्दा यो सिद्धासन हो।
Where it sits
A second arrangement beside 1.37. The name stays.
Split: meṇḍhrād (मेण्ढ्राद्) upari (उपरि) vinyasya (विन्यस्य) savyaṃ (सव्यं) gulphaṃ (गुल्फं) tathopari (तथोपरि) / gulphāntaraṃ (गुल्फान्तरं) ca (च) nikṣipya (निक्षिप्य) siddhāsanam (सिद्धासनम्) idaṃ (इदं) bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| meṇḍhrād (मेण्ढ्राद्) | form in the line | the penis. |
| upari (उपरि) | form in the line | upon. |
| vinyasya (विन्यस्य) | genitive singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| savyaṃ (सव्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | the left. |
| gulphaṃ (गुल्फं) | nominative or accusative singular | the ankle. |
| tathopari (तथोपरि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| gulphāntaraṃ (गुल्फान्तरं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| nikṣipya (निक्षिप्य) | form in the line | having placed. |
| siddhāsanam (सिद्धासनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | siddhāsana (सिद्धासन). The accomplished seat. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
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. Placing the left ankle above the penis, and the other ankle above that: this is siddhāsana (सिद्धासन).