Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.122 The bellows again
3.122
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कुण्डलीं चालयित्वा तु भस्त्रां कुर्याद् विशेषतः ।
एवमभ्यस्यतो नित्यं यमिनो यमभीः कुतः kuṇḍalīṃ cālayitvā tu bhastrāṃ kuryād viśeṣataḥ |
evam abhyasyato nityaṃ yamino yamabhīḥ kutaḥ
The line
Having driven kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), he should do the bellows especially. For the restrained one who practices so daily, the verse asks from where the fear of Yama would come.
नेपालीमा
कुण्डलिनी चलाइसकेपछि उसले विशेष गरी धौंकनी गर्नुपर्छ। दिनहुँ यसरी अभ्यास गर्ने संयमीलाई यमको डर कहाँबाट आउँथ्यो भनेर श्लोकले सोध्छ।
Where it sits
Yama (यम) is the restrainer, death. The bellows is again bhastrā (भस्त्रा).
Split: kuṇḍalīṃ (कुण्डलीं) cālayitvā (चालयित्वा) tu (तु) bhastrāṃ (भस्त्रां) kuryād (कुर्याद्) viśeṣataḥ (विशेषतः) / evam (एवम्) abhyasyato (अभ्यस्यतो) nityaṃ (नित्यं) yamino (यमिनो) yama (यम) + bhīḥ (भीः) kutaḥ (कुतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kuṇḍalīṃ (कुण्डलीं) | form in the line | kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). |
| cālayitvā (चालयित्वा) | absolutive | having moved. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| bhastrāṃ (भस्त्रां) | form in the line | the bellows. |
| kuryād (कुर्याद्) | form in the line | one should do. |
| viśeṣataḥ (विशेषतः) | nominative singular | especially. |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | thus. |
| abhyasyato (अभ्यस्यतो) | form in the line | practicing. |
| nityaṃ (नित्यं) | indeclinable | constantly. |
| yamino (यमिनो) | form in the line | of the restrained one. |
| yama-bhīḥ (यम-भीः) | form in the line | a yama. A restraint; 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. Having driven kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी), he should do the bellows especially. For the restrained one who practices so daily, the verse asks from where the fear of Yama would come.