Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.109 The young widow between the rivers
3.109
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
गङ्गायमुनयोर् मध्ये बालरण्डां तपस्विनीम् ।
बलात्कारेण गृह्णीयात् तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् gaṅgāyamunayor madhye bālaraṇḍāṃ tapasvinīm |
balātkāreṇa gṛhṇīyāt tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
The line
Between Gaṅgā (गङ्गा) and Yamunā (यमुना) he should take by force the young widow, the ascetic woman. That is Viṣṇu (विष्णु)'s supreme place.
नेपालीमा
गङ्गा र यमुनाको बीचमा उसले तपस्विनी युवा विधवालाई बलपूर्वक लिनुपर्छ। त्यो विष्णुको परम स्थान हो।
Where it sits
3.110 decodes the three. The verse's bāla-raṇḍā (बाल-रण्डा) is a young widow.
Split: gaṅgā (गङ्गा) + yamunayor (यमुनयोर्) madhye (मध्ये) bāla (बाल) + raṇḍāṃ (रण्डां) tapasvinīm (तपस्विनीम्) / balātkāreṇa (बलात्कारेण) gṛhṇīyāt (गृह्णीयात्) tad (तद्) viṣṇoḥ (विष्णोः) paramaṃ (परमं) padam (पदम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gaṅgā-yamunayor (गङ्गा-यमुनयोर्) | form in the line | the Ganges; the Yamunā (यमुना). |
| madhye (मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the middle. |
| bāla-raṇḍāṃ (बाल-रण्डां) | form in the line | young; a widow. The verse's name for the śakti (शक्ति) between the two rivers. |
| tapasvinīm (तपस्विनीम्) | accusative singular, feminine | an ascetic woman. |
| balātkāreṇa (बलात्कारेण) | instrumental singular | force. |
| gṛhṇīyāt (गृह्णीयात्) | optative | one should take. |
| tad (तद्) | form in the line | that. |
| viṣṇoḥ (विष्णोः) | form in the line | of Viṣṇu (विष्णु). |
| paramaṃ (परमं) | nominative or accusative singular | the supreme. |
| padam (पदम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the place. |
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. Between Gaṅgā (गङ्गा) and Yamunā (यमुना) he should take by force the young widow, the ascetic woman. That is Viṣṇu (विष्णु)'s supreme place.