Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.22 Some leave the throat lock
3.22
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मतमत्र तु केषांचित् कण्ठबन्धं विवर्जयेत् ।
राजदन्तस्थजिह्वाया बन्धः शस्तो भवेदिति matam atra tu keṣāṃcit kaṇṭhabandhaṃ vivarjayet |
rājadantasthajihvāyā bandhaḥ śasto bhaved iti
The line
Some hold, in this place, that the throat bandha is left out. A bandha with the tongue standing at the front teeth would be praised.
नेपालीमा
कसैले यस ठाउँमा कण्ठको बन्ध छोडिएको मान्छन्। जिब्रो अगाडिका दाँतमा उभिएको बन्धले प्रशंसा पाउँथ्यो।
Where it sits
The disagreement stays inside the seal. The tongue at the root of the front teeth was already the lotus of 1.48.
Split: matam (मतम्) atra (अत्र) tu (तु) keṣāṃcit (केषांचित्) kaṇṭha (कण्ठ) + bandhaṃ (बन्धं) vivarjayet (विवर्जयेत्) / rāja (राज) + danta (दन्त) + stha (स्थ) + jihvāyā (जिह्वाया) bandhaḥ (बन्धः) śasto (शस्तो) bhaved (भवेद्) iti (इति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| matam (मतम्) | nominative or accusative singular | a view. |
| atra (अत्र) | indeclinable | here. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| keṣāṃcit (केषांचित्) | form in the line | of some. |
| kaṇṭha-bandhaṃ (कण्ठ-बन्धं) | nominative or accusative singular | the throat; to bind. |
| vivarjayet (विवर्जयेत्) | optative | one should leave aside. |
| rāja-danta-stha-jihvāyā (राज-दन्त-स्थ-जिह्वाया) | nominative singular | rāja (राज). Royal. In this book, the yoga of stilling; standing. |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular | to bind. |
| śasto (शस्तो) | form in the line | praised, a good one. |
| bhaved (भवेद्) | form in the line | becomes. |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. |
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. Some hold, in this place, that the throat bandha is left out. A bandha with the tongue standing at the front teeth would be praised.