Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.50 What the sun-piercing clears
2.50
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कपालशोधनं वातदोषघ्नं कृमिदोषहृत् ।
पुनः पुनरिदं कार्यं सूर्यभेदनमुत्तमम् kapālaśodhanaṃ vātadoṣaghnaṃ kṛmidoṣahṛt |
punaḥ punar idaṃ kāryaṃ sūryabhedanam uttamam
The line
It cleans the skull, destroys the wind doṣa (दोष), and takes the worm doṣa (दोष). This best sūryabhedana (सूर्यभेदन) is to be done again and again.
नेपालीमा
यसले खप्पर सफा गर्छ, वायु दोष नष्ट गर्छ र कृमि दोष लैजान्छ। यो उत्तम सूर्यभेदन बारम्बार गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of 2.48. Kṛmi (कृमि) is the worm.
Split: kapāla (कपाल) + śodhanaṃ (शोधनं) vāta (वात) + doṣa (दोष) + ghnaṃ (घ्नं) kṛmi (कृमि) + doṣa (दोष) + hṛt (हृत्) / punaḥ (पुनः) punar (पुनर्) idaṃ (इदं) kāryaṃ (कार्यं) sūrya (सूर्य) + bhedanam (भेदनम्) uttamam (उत्तमम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kapāla-śodhanaṃ (कपाल-शोधनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the skull; cleansing. |
| vāta-doṣa-ghnaṃ (वात-दोष-घ्नं) | nominative or accusative singular | wind; fault; destroying. |
| kṛmi-doṣa-hṛt (कृमि-दोष-हृत्) | form in the line | a worm; fault; the heart. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again. |
| punar (पुनर्) | indeclinable | again. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| kāryaṃ (कार्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | to be done. |
| sūrya-bhedanam (सूर्य-भेदनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the sun; a piercing. |
| uttamam (उत्तमम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the highest. |
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. It cleans the skull, destroys the wind doṣa (दोष), and takes the worm doṣa (दोष). This best sūryabhedana (सूर्यभेदन) is to be done again and again.