Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.46 The lotus
1.46
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
वामोरूपरि दक्षिणं च चरणं संस्थाप्य वामं तथा दक्षोरूपरि पश्चिमेन विधिना धृत्वा कराभ्यां दृढम् ।
अङ्गुष्ठौ हृदये निधाय चिबुकं नासाग्रमालोकयेतेतद् व्याधिविनाशकारि यमिनां पद्मासनं प्रोच्यते vāmorūpari dakṣiṇaṃ ca caraṇaṃ saṃsthāpya vāmaṃ tathā dakṣorūpari paścimena vidhinā dhṛtvā karābhyāṃ dṛḍham |
aṅguṣṭhau hṛdaye nidhāya cibukaṃ nāsāgram ālokayet etad vyādhivināśakāri yamināṃ padmāsanaṃ procyate
The line
The right foot placed on the left thigh, the left likewise on the right, held firmly by the hands from behind, the big toes placed at the heart, the chin set, the gaze at the tip of the nose: this is called padmāsana (पद्मासन), destroyer of disease for the restrained.
नेपालीमा
दाहिने खुट्टा बायाँ तिघ्रामा राखिएको, बायाँ त्यसरी नै दाहिनेमा, पछाडिबाट हातले मजबुत समातिएको, बुढी औँला हृदयमा राखिएका, चिउँडो अड्याइएको र दृष्टि नाकको टुप्पोमा भएको यसलाई संयमीका लागि रोग नाश गर्ने पद्मासन भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
Padma (पद्म) is the lotus. 1.47 through 1.49 give another account of the same name.
Split: vāmorūpari (वामोरूपरि) dakṣiṇaṃ (दक्षिणं) ca (च) caraṇaṃ (चरणं) saṃsthāpya (संस्थाप्य) vāmaṃ (वामं) tathā (तथा) dakṣorūpari (दक्षोरूपरि) paścimena (पश्चिमेन) vidhinā (विधिना) dhṛtvā (धृत्वा) karābhyāṃ (कराभ्यां) dṛḍham (दृढम्) / aṅguṣṭhau (अङ्गुष्ठौ) hṛdaye (हृदये) nidhāya (निधाय) cibukaṃ (चिबुकं) nāsāgram (नासाग्रम्) ālokayet (आलोकयेत्) etad (एतद्) vyādhi (व्याधि) + vināśa (विनाश) + kāri (कारि) yamināṃ (यमिनां) padmāsanaṃ (पद्मासनं) procyate (प्रोच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vāmorūpari (वामोरूपरि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| dakṣiṇaṃ (दक्षिणं) | nominative or accusative singular | the right. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| caraṇaṃ (चरणं) | nominative or accusative singular | a foot. |
| saṃsthāpya (संस्थाप्य) | form in the line | having placed. |
| vāmaṃ (वामं) | nominative or accusative singular | the left. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| dakṣorūpari (दक्षोरूपरि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| paścimena (पश्चिमेन) | instrumental singular | the rear. |
| vidhinā (विधिना) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| dhṛtvā (धृत्वा) | absolutive | having held. |
| karābhyāṃ (कराभ्यां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| dṛḍham (दृढम्) | nominative or accusative singular | firm. |
| aṅguṣṭhau (अङ्गुष्ठौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | the big toe, or the thumb, as the sentence decides. |
| hṛdaye (हृदये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the heart. |
| nidhāya (निधाय) | dative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| cibukaṃ (चिबुकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the chin. |
| nāsāgram (नासाग्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the tip of the nose. |
| ālokayet (आलोकयेत्) | optative | one should look. |
| etad (एतद्) | form in the line | this. |
| vyādhi-vināśa-kāri (व्याधि-विनाश-कारि) | form in the line | disease; destruction. |
| yamināṃ (यमिनां) | form in the line | of the restrained one. |
| padmāsanaṃ (पद्मासनं) | nominative or accusative singular | padmāsana (पद्मासन). The lotus seat. |
| procyate (प्रोच्यते) | present | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 38, 38 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. The right foot placed on the left thigh, the left likewise on the right, held firmly by the hands from behind, the big toes placed at the heart, the chin set, the gaze at the tip of the nose: this is called padmāsana (पद्मासन), destroyer of disease for the restrained.