Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.41 The seventy-two thousand
1.41
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
चतुरशीतिपीठेषु सिद्धमेव सदाभ्यसेत् ।
द्वासप्ततिसहस्राणां नाडीनां मलशोधनम् caturaśītipīṭheṣu siddham eva sadābhyaset |
dvāsaptatisahasrāṇāṃ nāḍīnāṃ malaśodhanam
The line
Among the eighty-four seats he should always practice the siddha. It is the cleansing of the impurity of the seventy-two thousand channels.
नेपालीमा
चौरासी आसनमध्ये उसले सधैँ सिद्धको अभ्यास गर्नुपर्छ। त्यो बहत्तर हजार नाडीको अशुद्धिको शुद्धि हो।
Where it sits
Dvāsaptati-sahasra (द्वासप्तति-सहस्र) is seventy-two thousand. The same count of channels returns at 3.123.
Split: caturaśīti (चतुरशीति) + pīṭheṣu (पीठेषु) siddham (सिद्धम्) eva (एव) sadābhyaset (सदाभ्यसेत्) / dvāsaptati (द्वासप्तति) + sahasrāṇāṃ (सहस्राणां) nāḍīnāṃ (नाडीनां) mala (मल) + śodhanam (शोधनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| caturaśīti-pīṭheṣu (चतुरशीति-पीठेषु) | locative plural | eighty-four; a seat. |
| siddham (सिद्धम्) | nominative or accusative singular | accomplished. Also the siddha seat when the verse names it. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| sadābhyaset (सदाभ्यसेत्) | optative | as this verse uses the word. |
| dvāsaptati-sahasrāṇāṃ (द्वासप्तति-सहस्राणां) | form in the line | seventy-two; a thousand. |
| nāḍīnāṃ (नाडीनां) | form in the line | a channel. The stem. |
| mala-śodhanam (मल-शोधनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | impurity; cleansing. |
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. Among the eighty-four seats he should always practice the siddha. It is the cleansing of the impurity of the seventy-two thousand channels.