Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.48 Sūryabhedana, the drawing
2.48
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
आसने सुखदे योगी बद्ध्वा चैवासनं ततः ।
दक्षनाड्या समाकृष्य बहिःस्थं पवनं शनैः āsane sukhade yogī baddhvā caivāsanaṃ tataḥ |
dakṣanāḍyā samākṛṣya bahiḥsthaṃ pavanaṃ śanaiḥ
The line
The yogin, in a seat that gives ease, having bound the seat, should slowly draw in the wind that stands outside, by the right channel.
नेपालीमा
सुख दिने आसनमा बसेको योगीले आसन बाँधेर बाहिर रहेको वायु दाहिने नाडीबाट बिस्तारै तान्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Sūryabhedana (सूर्यभेदन) is the piercing by the sun. The right channel is the sun. 2.49 is the hold, and 2.50 the fruit.
Split: āsane (आसने) sukhade (सुखदे) yogī (योगी) baddhvā (बद्ध्वा) caivāsanaṃ (चैवासनं) tataḥ (ततः) / dakṣa (दक्ष) + nāḍyā (नाड्या) samākṛṣya (समाकृष्य) bahiḥsthaṃ (बहिःस्थं) pavanaṃ (पवनं) śanaiḥ (शनैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āsane (आसने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the seat. |
| sukhade (सुखदे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | giving ease. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| baddhvā (बद्ध्वा) | nominative singular | having bound. |
| caivāsanaṃ (चैवासनं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| dakṣa-nāḍyā (दक्ष-नाड्या) | nominative singular | the right. |
| samākṛṣya (समाकृष्य) | form in the line | having drawn. |
| bahiḥsthaṃ (बहिःस्थं) | nominative or accusative singular | standing outside. |
| pavanaṃ (पवनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the wind. |
| śanaiḥ (शनैः) | indeclinable | slowly. |
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. The yogin, in a seat that gives ease, having bound the seat, should slowly draw in the wind that stands outside, by the right channel.