Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.116 Contract the sun
3.116
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
भानोराकुञ्चनं कुर्यात् कुण्डलीं चालयेत् ततः ।
मृत्युवक्त्रगतस्यापि तस्य मृत्युभयं कुतः bhānor ākuñcanaṃ kuryāt kuṇḍalīṃ cālayet tataḥ |
mṛtyuvaktragatasyāpi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ
The line
He should make the contraction of the sun, and then drive kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). Even for one gone into the mouth of death, the verse asks from where the fear of death would come.
नेपालीमा
उसले सूर्यको सङ्कोच गर्नुपर्छ, अनि कुण्डलिनी चलाउनुपर्छ। मृत्युको मुखमा गएकोलाई पनि मृत्युको डर कहाँबाट आउँथ्यो भनेर श्लोकले सोध्छ।
Where it sits
Bhānu (भानु) is the sun. The contraction is the verse's first move.
Split: bhānor (भानोर्) ākuñcanaṃ (आकुञ्चनं) kuryāt (कुर्यात्) kuṇḍalīṃ (कुण्डलीं) cālayet (चालयेत्) tataḥ (ततः) / mṛtyu (मृत्यु) + vaktra (वक्त्र) + gatasyāpi (गतस्यापि) tasya (तस्य) mṛtyu (मृत्यु) + bhayaṃ (भयं) kutaḥ (कुतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhānor (भानोर्) | form in the line | the sun. |
| ākuñcanaṃ (आकुञ्चनं) | nominative or accusative singular | a contraction. |
| kuryāt (कुर्यात्) | optative | one should do. |
| kuṇḍalīṃ (कुण्डलीं) | form in the line | kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). |
| cālayet (चालयेत्) | optative | one should move. |
| tataḥ (ततः) | indeclinable | then. |
| mṛtyu-vaktra-gatasyāpi (मृत्यु-वक्त्र-गतस्यापि) | form in the line | death; the mouth. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of him. |
| mṛtyu-bhayaṃ (मृत्यु-भयं) | nominative or accusative singular | death; fear. |
| kutaḥ (कुतः) | indeclinable | from where. The verse's question expects no source. |
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. He should make the contraction of the sun, and then drive kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). Even for one gone into the mouth of death, the verse asks from where the fear of death would come.