Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.111 Take the sleeping serpent by the tail
3.111
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
पुच्छे प्रगृह्य भुजङ्गीं सुप्तामुद्बोधयेच् च ताम् ।
निद्रां विहाय सा शक्तिरूर्ध्वमुत्तिष्ठते हठात् pucche pragṛhya bhujaṅgīṃ suptām udbodhayec ca tām |
nidrāṃ vihāya sā śaktir ūrdhvam uttiṣṭhate haṭhāt
The line
Taking the sleeping female serpent by the tail, he should wake her. Leaving sleep, that śakti (शक्ति) stands up, by force.
नेपालीमा
सुतिरहेकी सर्पिणीलाई पुच्छरबाट समातेर उसले उनलाई जगाउनुपर्छ। निद्रा छाडेर त्यो शक्ति बलपूर्वक उभिन्छिन्।
Where it sits
Puccha (पुच्छ) is the tail. The verse says the waking is by haṭha (हठ), by force.
Split: pucche (पुच्छे) pragṛhya (प्रगृह्य) bhujaṅgīṃ (भुजङ्गीं) suptām (सुप्ताम्) udbodhayec (उद्बोधयेच्) ca (च) tām (ताम्) / nidrāṃ (निद्रां) vihāya (विहाय) sā (सा) śaktir (शक्तिर्) ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते) haṭhāt (हठात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pucche (पुच्छे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the tail. |
| pragṛhya (प्रगृह्य) | form in the line | having grasped. |
| bhujaṅgīṃ (भुजङ्गीं) | form in the line | the serpent. |
| suptām (सुप्ताम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | asleep. |
| udbodhayec (उद्बोधयेच्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| tām (ताम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | her. |
| nidrāṃ (निद्रां) | form in the line | sleep. |
| vihāya (विहाय) | dative singular | having left. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular | that. |
| śaktir (शक्तिर्) | form in the line | able. |
| ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) | indeclinable | upward. |
| uttiṣṭhate (उत्तिष्ठते) | present | stands up. |
| haṭhāt (हठात्) | ablative singular | by force. |
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. Taking the sleeping female serpent by the tail, he should wake her. Leaving sleep, that śakti (शक्ति) stands up, by force.