Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.124 The middle channel becomes straight
3.124
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
इयं तु मध्यमा नाडी दृढाभ्यासेन योगिनाम् ।
आसनप्राणसंयाममुद्राभिः सरला भवेत् iyaṃ tu madhyamā nāḍī dṛḍhābhyāsena yoginām |
āsanaprāṇasaṃyāmamudrābhiḥ saralā bhavet
The line
This middle channel, by firm practice of the yogins, becomes straight, by the seats, the restraint of prāṇa (प्राण), and the mudrā (मुद्रा) seals.
नेपालीमा
योगीहरूको दृढ अभ्यासले, आसनले, प्राणको निरोधले र मुद्राका छापले यो बीचको नाडी सीधा हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Madhyamā nāḍī (मध्यमा नाडी) is suṣumṇā (सुषुम्णा). Saralā (सरला) is straight, the straightness 3.68 already gave the serpent.
Split: iyaṃ (इयं) tu (तु) madhyamā (मध्यमा) nāḍī (नाडी) dṛḍhābhyāsena (दृढाभ्यासेन) yoginām (योगिनाम्) / āsana (आसन) + prāṇa (प्राण) + saṃyāma (संयाम) + mudrābhiḥ (मुद्राभिः) saralā (सरला) bhavet (भवेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iyaṃ (इयं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| madhyamā (मध्यमा) | nominative singular | the middle one. |
| nāḍī (नाडी) | nominative singular | a channel. |
| dṛḍhābhyāsena (दृढाभ्यासेन) | instrumental singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| yoginām (योगिनाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular feminine | by the yogin. |
| āsana-prāṇa-saṃyāma-mudrābhiḥ (आसन-प्राण-संयाम-मुद्राभिः) | instrumental plural | the seat; prāṇa (प्राण); the seal. |
| saralā (सरला) | nominative singular | straight. |
| bhavet (भवेत्) | optative | becomes. |
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. This middle channel, by firm practice of the yogins, becomes straight, by the seats, the restraint of prāṇa (प्राण), and the mudrā (मुद्रा) seals.