Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.10 Mahāmudrā, the feet
3.10
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
पादमूलेन वामेन योनिं सम्पीड्य दक्षिणाम् ।
प्रसारितं पदं कृत्वा कराभ्यां धारयेद् दृढम् pādamūlena vāmena yoniṃ sampīḍya dakṣiṇām |
prasāritaṃ padaṃ kṛtvā karābhyāṃ dhārayed dṛḍham
The line
Pressing the perineum with the root of the left foot, making the right foot stretched out, he should hold it firmly with the two hands.
नेपालीमा
बायाँ खुट्टाको मूलले सीवनी थिचेर, दाहिने खुट्टा पसारेर, उसले दुई हातले त्यसलाई दृढ समात्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The seal runs through 3.18. This verse is the legs and the hands.
Split: pāda (पाद) + mūlena (मूलेन) vāmena (वामेन) yoniṃ (योनिं) sampīḍya (सम्पीड्य) dakṣiṇām (दक्षिणाम्) / prasāritaṃ (प्रसारितं) padaṃ (पदं) kṛtvā (कृत्वा) karābhyāṃ (कराभ्यां) dhārayed (धारयेद्) dṛḍham (दृढम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pāda-mūlena (पाद-मूलेन) | instrumental singular | the foot; the root. |
| vāmena (वामेन) | instrumental singular | the left. |
| yoniṃ (योनिं) | form in the line | the perineum. |
| sampīḍya (सम्पीड्य) | form in the line | having pressed. |
| dakṣiṇām (दक्षिणाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | the right. |
| prasāritaṃ (प्रसारितं) | nominative or accusative singular | stretched out. |
| padaṃ (पदं) | nominative or accusative singular | to go, to fall. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| karābhyāṃ (कराभ्यां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| dhārayed (धारयेद्) | form in the line | one should hold. |
| dṛḍham (दृढम्) | nominative or accusative singular | firm. |
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. Pressing the perineum with the root of the left foot, making the right foot stretched out, he should hold it firmly with the two hands.