Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.115 Then the bellows
3.115
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
वज्रासने स्थितो योगी चालयित्वा च कुण्डलीम् ।
कुर्यादनन्तरं भस्त्रां कुण्डलीमाशु बोधयेत् vajrāsane sthito yogī cālayitvā ca kuṇḍalīm |
kuryād anantaraṃ bhastrāṃ kuṇḍalīm āśu bodhayet
The line
The yogin standing in vajrāsana (वज्रासन), having driven kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), should then do the bellows. He wakes kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) quickly.
नेपालीमा
वज्रासनमा उभिएको योगीले कुण्डलिनी चलाइसकेपछि धौंकनी गर्नुपर्छ। उसले कुण्डलिनी छिटो जगाउँछ।
Where it sits
The bellows is bhastrā (भस्त्रा), the kumbhaka of 2.67.
Split: vajrāsane (वज्रासने) sthito (स्थितो) yogī (योगी) cālayitvā (चालयित्वा) ca (च) kuṇḍalīm (कुण्डलीम्) / kuryād (कुर्याद्) anantaraṃ (अनन्तरं) bhastrāṃ (भस्त्रां) kuṇḍalīm (कुण्डलीम्) āśu (आशु) bodhayet (बोधयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vajrāsane (वज्रासने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | vajrāsana (वज्रासन). |
| sthito (स्थितो) | form in the line | standing, stayed. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| cālayitvā (चालयित्वा) | absolutive | having moved. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| kuṇḍalīm (कुण्डलीम्) | accusative singular, feminine | kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). |
| kuryād (कुर्याद्) | form in the line | one should do. |
| anantaraṃ (अनन्तरं) | nominative or accusative singular | immediately after. |
| bhastrāṃ (भस्त्रां) | form in the line | the bellows. |
| āśu (आशु) | form in the line | quickly. |
| bodhayet (बोधयेत्) | optative | one should wake. |
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. The yogin standing in vajrāsana (वज्रासन), having driven kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), should then do the bellows. He wakes kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) quickly.