Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.47 Sixteen years
2.47
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
आपानमूर्ध्वमुत्थाप्य प्राणं कण्ठादधो नयेत् ।
योगी जराविमुक्तः सन् षोडशाब्दवया भवेत् āpānam ūrdhvam utthāpya prāṇaṃ kaṇṭhād adho nayet |
yogī jarāvimuktaḥ san ṣoḍaśābdavayā bhavet
The line
Raising apāna (अपान) upward and bringing prāṇa (प्राण) down from the throat, the yogin, freed from old age, becomes one whose age is sixteen years.
नेपालीमा
अपान माथि उठाएर र प्राण कण्ठबाट तल झारेर योगी बुढ्यौलीबाट मुक्त भई सोह्र वर्ष उमेरको हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's claim. Ṣoḍaśābda-vayas (षोडशाब्द-वयस्) is an age of sixteen years.
Split: āpānam (आपानम्) ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) utthāpya (उत्थाप्य) prāṇaṃ (प्राणं) kaṇṭhād (कण्ठाद्) adho (अधो) nayet (नयेत्) / yogī (योगी) jarā (जरा) + vimuktaḥ (विमुक्तः) san (सन्) ṣoḍaśābda (षोडशाब्द) + vayā (वया) bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āpānam (आपानम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) | indeclinable | upward. |
| utthāpya (उत्थाप्य) | form in the line | having raised. |
| prāṇaṃ (प्राणं) | nominative or accusative singular | prāṇa (प्राण). |
| kaṇṭhād (कण्ठाद्) | form in the line | the throat. |
| adho (अधो) | indeclinable | below. |
| nayet (नयेत्) | optative | leads. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| jarā-vimuktaḥ (जरा-विमुक्तः) | nominative singular | old age; freed. |
| san (सन्) | form in the line | true, good. |
| ṣoḍaśābda-vayā (षोडशाब्द-वया) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
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. Raising apāna (अपान) upward and bringing prāṇa (प्राण) down from the throat, the yogin, freed from old age, becomes one whose age is sixteen years.