Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.66 It wakes kuṇḍalinī
2.66
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कुण्डली बोधकं क्षिप्रं पवनं सुखदं हितम् ।
ब्रह्मनाडीमुखे संस्थकफाद्यर्गलनाशनम् kuṇḍalī bodhakaṃ kṣipraṃ pavanaṃ sukhadaṃ hitam |
brahmanāḍīmukhe saṃsthakaphādyargalanāśanam
The line
It quickly wakes kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), a wind that gives ease and is wholesome, and it destroys the bolt of phlegm and the rest that stands at the mouth of the brahma-channel.
नेपालीमा
यसले छिटो कुण्डलिनी जगाउँछ। यो सुख दिने र हितकर वायु हो, र यसले ब्रह्मनाडीको मुखमा रहेको कफ आदिको अर्गल नष्ट गर्छ।
Where it sits
The fruit. Argala (अर्गल) is a bolt. Kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) is taught as the support of the yoga tantras at 3.1.
Split: kuṇḍalī (कुण्डली) bodhakaṃ (बोधकं) kṣipraṃ (क्षिप्रं) pavanaṃ (पवनं) sukhadaṃ (सुखदं) hitam (हितम्) / brahma (ब्रह्म) + nāḍī (नाडी) + mukhe (मुखे) saṃstha (संस्थ) + kaphādy (कफाद्य्) + argala (अर्गल) + nāśanam (नाशनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kuṇḍalī (कुण्डली) | nominative singular | kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). |
| bodhakaṃ (बोधकं) | nominative or accusative singular | waking. |
| kṣipraṃ (क्षिप्रं) | indeclinable | quickly. |
| pavanaṃ (पवनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the wind. |
| sukhadaṃ (सुखदं) | nominative or accusative singular | giving ease. |
| hitam (हितम्) | nominative or accusative singular | wholesome. |
| brahma-nāḍī-mukhe (ब्रह्म-नाडी-मुखे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), or the stem of Brahman, as the compound decides; a channel; the mouth. |
| saṃstha-kaphādy-argala-nāśanam (संस्थ-कफाद्य्-अर्गल-नाशनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | a bolt; destruction. |
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 quickly wakes kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), a wind that gives ease and is wholesome, and it destroys the bolt of phlegm and the rest that stands at the mouth of the brahma-channel.