Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.125 For those who are sleepless in the practice
3.125
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अभ्यासे तु विनिद्राणां मनो धृत्वा समाधिना ।
रुद्राणी वा परा मुद्रा भद्रां सिद्धिं प्रयच्छति abhyāse tu vinidrāṇāṃ mano dhṛtvā samādhinā |
rudrāṇī vā parā mudrā bhadrāṃ siddhiṃ prayacchati
The line
In the practice, for those who stay without sleep, holding the mind with samādhi (समाधि), Rudrāṇī (रुद्राणी), the supreme mudrā (मुद्रा), gives the auspicious success.
नेपालीमा
अभ्यासमा, निद्रा बिना बस्नेहरूका लागि, मन समाधिले समातेर, सर्वोच्च मुद्रा रुद्राणीले शुभ सिद्धि दिन्छिन्।
Where it sits
Rudrāṇī (रुद्राणी) is a name of the mudrā (मुद्रा) here. Vinidrā (विनिद्रा) is sleepless.
Split: abhyāse (अभ्यासे) tu (तु) vinidrāṇāṃ (विनिद्राणां) mano (मनो) dhṛtvā (धृत्वा) samādhinā (समाधिना) / rudrāṇī (रुद्राणी) vā (वा) parā (परा) mudrā (मुद्रा) bhadrāṃ (भद्रां) siddhiṃ (सिद्धिं) prayacchati (प्रयच्छति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhyāse (अभ्यासे) | present | practice. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| vinidrāṇāṃ (विनिद्राणां) | form in the line | sleepless, awake. |
| mano (मनो) | form in the line | the mind. The stem in a compound. |
| dhṛtvā (धृत्वा) | absolutive | having held. |
| samādhinā (समाधिना) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| rudrāṇī (रुद्राणी) | nominative singular | Rudrāṇī (रुद्राणी). |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| parā (परा) | nominative singular | supreme. |
| mudrā (मुद्रा) | nominative singular | the seal. |
| bhadrāṃ (भद्रां) | form in the line | auspicious. |
| siddhiṃ (सिद्धिं) | form in the line | success. |
| prayacchati (प्रयच्छति) | present | gives. |
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. In the practice, for those who stay without sleep, holding the mind with samādhi (समाधि), Rudrāṇī (रुद्राणी), the supreme mudrā (मुद्रा), gives the auspicious success.