Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.26 Basti, the wash
2.26
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
नाभिदघ्नजले पायौ न्यस्तनालोत्कटासनः ।
आधाराकुञ्चनं कुर्यात् क्षालनं बस्तिकर्म तत् nābhidaghnajale pāyau nyastanālotkaṭāsanaḥ |
ādhārākuñcanaṃ kuryāt kṣālanaṃ bastikarma tat
The line
In water up to the navel, a tube set at the anus, in the utkaṭa (उत्कट) seat, he should make the contraction of the base. That washing is the basti act.
नेपालीमा
नाभिसम्मको पानीमा, गुदद्वारमा नली राखेर, उत्कट आसनमा, उसले मूलको सङ्कोच गर्नुपर्छ। त्यो धुलाई बस्ति कर्म हो।
Where it sits
Basti (बस्ति) is the wash. Ādhāra (आधार) here is the base. The verse names the water, the tube, the seat, and the contraction.
Split: nābhi (नाभि) + daghna (दघ्न) + jale (जले) pāyau (पायौ) nyasta (न्यस्त) + nālotkaṭāsanaḥ (नालोत्कटासनः) / ādhārākuñcanaṃ (आधाराकुञ्चनं) kuryāt (कुर्यात्) kṣālanaṃ (क्षालनं) basti (बस्ति) + karma (कर्म) tat (तत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nābhi-daghna-jale (नाभि-दघ्न-जले) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the navel; reaching up to; the water. |
| pāyau (पायौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | the anus. |
| nyasta-nālotkaṭāsanaḥ (न्यस्त-नालोत्कटासनः) | nominative singular | placed. |
| ādhārākuñcanaṃ (आधाराकुञ्चनं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kuryāt (कुर्यात्) | optative | one should do. |
| kṣālanaṃ (क्षालनं) | nominative or accusative singular | washing. |
| basti-karma (बस्ति-कर्म) | form in the line | basti. The water cleansing; an act. |
| tat (तत्) | form in the line | that. |
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. In water up to the navel, a tube set at the anus, in the utkaṭa (उत्कट) seat, he should make the contraction of the base. That washing is the basti act.