Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.105 As a key opens a door
3.105
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उद्घाटयेत् कपाटं तु यथा कुंचिकया हठात् ।
कुण्डलिन्या तथा योगी मोक्षद्वारं विभेदयेत् udghāṭayet kapāṭaṃ tu yathā kuṃcikayā haṭhāt |
kuṇḍalinyā tathā yogī mokṣadvāraṃ vibhedayet
The line
As one opens a door by force with a key, so the yogin should break the door of release with kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी).
नेपालीमा
जसरी साँचाले बलपूर्वक ढोका खोलिन्छ, त्यसरी योगीले कुण्डलिनीद्वारा मोक्षको ढोका तोड्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The simile is the verse's. Kuñcikā (कुञ्चिका) is a key. Mokṣa-dvāra (मोक्ष-द्वार) is the door of release, the door siddhāsana (सिद्धासन) was said to open at 1.37.
Split: udghāṭayet (उद्घाटयेत्) kapāṭaṃ (कपाटं) tu (तु) yathā (यथा) kuṃcikayā (कुंचिकया) haṭhāt (हठात्) / kuṇḍalinyā (कुण्डलिन्या) tathā (तथा) yogī (योगी) mokṣadvāraṃ (मोक्षद्वारं) vibhedayet (विभेदयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| udghāṭayet (उद्घाटयेत्) | optative | one should open. |
| kapāṭaṃ (कपाटं) | nominative or accusative singular | a door. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
| kuṃcikayā (कुंचिकया) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| haṭhāt (हठात्) | ablative singular | by force. |
| kuṇḍalinyā (कुण्डलिन्या) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| mokṣadvāraṃ (मोक्षद्वारं) | nominative or accusative singular | the door of release. |
| vibhedayet (विभेदयेत्) | optative | one should pierce. |
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. As one opens a door by force with a key, so the yogin should break the door of release with kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी).