Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.20 Fill, chin, and mind
3.20
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
पूरयित्वा ततो वायुं हृदये चुबुकं दृढम् ।
निष्पीड्यं वायुमाकुञ्च्य मनोमध्ये नियोजयेत् pūrayitvā tato vāyuṃ hṛdaye cubukaṃ dṛḍham |
niṣpīḍyaṃ vāyum ākuñcya manomadhye niyojayet
The line
Then, having filled the wind, the chin firm on the heart, pressing, contracting the wind, he should set the mind in the middle.
नेपालीमा
अनि, वायु भरेर, चिउँडो हृदयमा दृढ राखेर, थिचेर, वायु सङ्कुचित गरेर, उसले मन बीचमा राख्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Continues 3.19. The chin on the heart is the throat bandha.
Split: pūrayitvā (पूरयित्वा) tato (ततो) vāyuṃ (वायुं) hṛdaye (हृदये) cubukaṃ (चुबुकं) dṛḍham (दृढम्) / niṣpīḍyaṃ (निष्पीड्यं) vāyum (वायुम्) ākuñcya (आकुञ्च्य) mano (मनो) + madhye (मध्ये) niyojayet (नियोजयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūrayitvā (पूरयित्वा) | absolutive | having filled. |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. |
| vāyuṃ (वायुं) | form in the line | the breath. |
| hṛdaye (हृदये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the heart. |
| cubukaṃ (चुबुकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the chin. |
| dṛḍham (दृढम्) | nominative or accusative singular | firm. |
| niṣpīḍyaṃ (निष्पीड्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | having squeezed. The form in the line is the gerundive or the absolutive as the grammar column says. |
| vāyum (वायुम्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ākuñcya (आकुञ्च्य) | form in the line | having bent. |
| mano-madhye (मनो-मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the mind. The stem in a compound; in the middle. |
| niyojayet (नियोजयेत्) | optative | one should apply. |
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. Then, having filled the wind, the chin firm on the heart, pressing, contracting the wind, he should set the mind in the middle.