Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 1.47 Hands and eyes
1.47
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उत्तानौ चरणौ कृत्वा ऊरुसंस्थौ प्रयत्नतः ।
ऊरुमध्ये तथोत्तानौ पाणी कृत्वा ततो दृशौ uttānau caraṇau kṛtvā ūrusaṃsthau prayatnataḥ |
ūrumadhye tathottānau pāṇī kṛtvā tato dṛśau
The line
Making both feet face up and set on the thighs with effort, and both hands face up in the middle of the thighs, then the two eyes.
नेपालीमा
दुवै खुट्टा प्रयासले माथि फर्काएर तिघ्रामा राख्नु, दुवै हात तिघ्राको बीचमा माथि फर्काएर राख्नु, अनि दुई आँखा।
Where it sits
The sentence is an anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति) into 1.48. The eyes are placed in the next quarter.
Split: uttānau (उत्तानौ) caraṇau (चरणौ) kṛtvā (कृत्वा) ūru (ऊरु) + saṃsthau (संस्थौ) prayatnataḥ (प्रयत्नतः) / ūru (ऊरु) + madhye (मध्ये) tathottānau (तथोत्तानौ) pāṇī (पाणी) kṛtvā (कृत्वा) tato (ततो) dṛśau (दृशौ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uttānau (उत्तानौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | turned up. |
| caraṇau (चरणौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | a foot. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| ūru-saṃsthau (ऊरु-संस्थौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | the thigh. |
| prayatnataḥ (प्रयत्नतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| ūru-madhye (ऊरु-मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the thigh; in the middle. |
| tathottānau (तथोत्तानौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | as this verse uses the word. |
| pāṇī (पाणी) | nominative singular | the hand. |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. |
| dṛśau (दृशौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | the eye. dṛśau (दृशौ) is the two eyes. |
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. Making both feet face up and set on the thighs with effort, and both hands face up in the middle of the thighs, then the two eyes.