Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.46 The breath in the brahma-channel
2.46
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अधस्तात् कुञ्चनेनाशु कण्ठसङ्कोचने कृते ।
मध्ये पश्चिमतानेन स्यात् प्राणो ब्रह्मनाडिगः adhastāt kuñcanenāśu kaṇṭhasaṅkocane kṛte |
madhye paścimatānena syāt prāṇo brahmanāḍigaḥ
The line
By contracting below, and quickly once the throat is contracted, by the back-stretch in the middle, the prāṇa (प्राण) comes to be in the brahma-channel.
नेपालीमा
तल सङ्कुचन गरेर, कण्ठ सङ्कुचित हुनासाथ छिटै, बीचको पछाडिको तानले प्राण ब्रह्मनाडीमा पुग्छ।
Where it sits
Brahma-nāḍī (ब्रह्म-नाडी) is the channel of Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), a name of the middle path. The back-stretch is the seat of 1.30.
Split: adhastāt (अधस्तात्) kuñcanenāśu (कुञ्चनेनाशु) kaṇṭha (कण्ठ) + saṅkocane (सङ्कोचने) kṛte (कृते) / madhye (मध्ये) paścima (पश्चिम) + tānena (तानेन) syāt (स्यात्) prāṇo (प्राणो) brahma (ब्रह्म) + nāḍigaḥ (नाडिगः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhastāt (अधस्तात्) | ablative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kuñcanenāśu (कुञ्चनेनाशु) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| kaṇṭha-saṅkocane (कण्ठ-सङ्कोचने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the throat; a contracting. |
| kṛte (कृते) | present | when it has been done. |
| madhye (मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the middle. |
| paścima-tānena (पश्चिम-तानेन) | instrumental singular | the rear; a stretch. |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative | would be. |
| prāṇo (प्राणो) | form in the line | prāṇa (प्राण). |
| brahma-nāḍigaḥ (ब्रह्म-नाडिगः) | nominative singular | Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), or the stem of Brahman, as the compound decides. |
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. By contracting below, and quickly once the throat is contracted, by the back-stretch in the middle, the prāṇa (प्राण) comes to be in the brahma-channel.