Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 2.71 Three, and the hold is two
2.71
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
प्राणायामस् त्रिधा प्रोक्तो रेचपूरककुम्भकैः ।
सहितः केवलश् चेति कुम्भको द्विविधो मतः prāṇāyāmas tridhā prokto recapūrakakumbhakaiḥ |
sahitaḥ kevalaś ceti kumbhako dvividho mataḥ
The line
Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम) is taught as three, by emptying, filling, and kumbhaka. And the kumbhaka is held to be of two kinds, sahita and kevala.
नेपालीमा
प्राणायाम खाली गर्नु, भर्नु र कुम्भक गरी तीन भनेर सिकाइन्छ। कुम्भक दुई प्रकारको मानिन्छ, सहित र केवल।
Where it sits
Recaka (रेचक) is emptying, pūraka (पूरक) filling, kumbhaka (कुम्भक) the holding. Sahita (सहित) is the hold accompanied by the other two. Kevala (केवल) is the hold alone, taught at 2.72. Yoga Sūtra (सूत्र) 2.50 divides the cutting into external, internal, and suspended, and 2.51 names a fourth beyond those measures. That division and this one can be read beside each other.
Split: prāṇāyāmas (प्राणायाम) tridhā (त्रिधा) prokto (प्रोक्तो) reca (रेच) + pūraka (पूरक) + kumbhakaiḥ (कुम्भकैः) / sahitaḥ (सहितः) kevalaś (केवलश्) ceti (चेति) kumbhako (कुम्भको) dvividho (द्विविधो) mataḥ (मतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāṇāyāmas (प्राणायाम) | form in the line | prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम). Regulation of the breath. |
| tridhā (त्रिधा) | nominative singular | in three ways. |
| prokto (प्रोक्तो) | form in the line | taught, called. |
| reca-pūraka-kumbhakaiḥ (रेच-पूरक-कुम्भकैः) | instrumental plural | the out-breath; pūraka (पूरक). The in-breath; kumbhaka. Retention of the breath. |
| sahitaḥ (सहितः) | nominative singular | sahita. Accompanied. Retention joined to an in-breath and an out-breath. |
| kevalaś (केवलश्) | form in the line | alone. The kevala hold is the holding by itself. |
| ceti (चेति) | form in the line | and thus. ca and iti. |
| kumbhako (कुम्भको) | form in the line | kumbhaka. Retention of the breath. |
| dvividho (द्विविधो) | form in the line | of two kinds. |
| mataḥ (मतः) | nominative singular | a view. |
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. Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम) is taught as three, by emptying, filling, and kumbhaka. And the kumbhaka is held to be of two kinds, sahita and kevala.