Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.51 Ujjāyī, the sound in the throat
2.51
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मुखं संयम्य नाडीभ्यामाकृष्य पवनं शनैः ।
यथा लगति कण्ठात् तु हृदयावधि सस्वनम् mukhaṃ saṃyamya nāḍībhyām ākṛṣya pavanaṃ śanaiḥ |
yathā lagati kaṇṭhāt tu hṛdayāvadhi sasvanam
The line
Closing the mouth, drawing the wind slowly by the two channels so that it comes to be held, with a sound, from the throat to the heart.
नेपालीमा
मुख बन्द गरेर दुई नाडीबाट बिस्तारै वायु तान्दा त्यो ध्वनिसहित कण्ठदेखि हृदयसम्म समातिन्छ।
Where it sits
Ujjāyī (उज्जायी) is the victorious hold. The sound is in the throat. 2.52 completes the hold.
Split: mukhaṃ (मुखं) saṃyamya (संयम्य) nāḍībhyām (नाडीभ्याम्) ākṛṣya (आकृष्य) pavanaṃ (पवनं) śanaiḥ (शनैः) / yathā (यथा) lagati (लगति) kaṇṭhāt (कण्ठात्) tu (तु) hṛdayāvadhi (हृदयावधि) sa (स) + svanam (स्वनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mukhaṃ (मुखं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mouth. |
| saṃyamya (संयम्य) | form in the line | having restrained, having closed. |
| nāḍībhyām (नाडीभ्याम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | as this verse uses the word. |
| ākṛṣya (आकृष्य) | form in the line | having drawn. |
| pavanaṃ (पवनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the wind. |
| śanaiḥ (शनैः) | indeclinable | slowly. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
| lagati (लगति) | present | clings. |
| kaṇṭhāt (कण्ठात्) | ablative singular | the throat. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| hṛdayāvadhi (हृदयावधि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| sa-svanam (स-स्वनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | he; a sound. |
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. Closing the mouth, drawing the wind slowly by the two channels so that it comes to be held, with a sound, from the throat to the heart.