Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.58 What the cooling hold destroys
2.58
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
गुल्मप्लीहादिकान् रोगान् ज्वरं पित्तं क्षुधां तृषाम् ।
विषाणि शीतली नाम कुम्भिकेयं निहन्ति हि gulmaplīhādikān rogān jvaraṃ pittaṃ kṣudhāṃ tṛṣām |
viṣāṇi śītalī nāma kumbhikeyaṃ nihanti hi
The line
This kumbhikā (कुम्भिका) called śītalī (शीतली) destroys diseases beginning with gulma and spleen, fever, bile, hunger, thirst, and poisons.
नेपालीमा
शीतली भनिने यो कुम्भिका गुल्म र प्लीहादेखि सुरु हुने रोग, ज्वरो, पित्त, भोक, तिर्खा र विष नष्ट गर्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit of 2.57. Kumbhikā (कुम्भिका) is the same hold, in the feminine.
Split: gulma (गुल्म) + plīhādikān (प्लीहादिकान्) rogān (रोगान्) jvaraṃ (ज्वरं) pittaṃ (पित्तं) kṣudhāṃ (क्षुधां) tṛṣām (तृषाम्) / viṣāṇi (विषाणि) śītalī (शीतली) nāma (नाम) kumbhikeyaṃ (कुम्भिकेयं) nihanti (निहन्ति) hi (हि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gulma-plīhādikān (गुल्म-प्लीहादिकान्) | accusative plural | an abdominal lump. |
| rogān (रोगान्) | accusative plural | diseases. |
| jvaraṃ (ज्वरं) | nominative or accusative singular | fever. |
| pittaṃ (पित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | bile. |
| kṣudhāṃ (क्षुधां) | form in the line | hunger. |
| tṛṣām (तृषाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | thirst. |
| viṣāṇi (विषाणि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| śītalī (शीतली) | nominative singular | śītalī (शीतली). The cooling breath. |
| nāma (नाम) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| kumbhikeyaṃ (कुम्भिकेयं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| nihanti (निहन्ति) | present | destroys. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
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. This kumbhikā (कुम्भिका) called śītalī (शीतली) destroys diseases beginning with gulma and spleen, fever, bile, hunger, thirst, and poisons.