Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.23 It stops the upward paths
3.23
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अयं तु सर्वनाडीनामूर्ध्वं गतिनिरोधकः ।
अयं खलु महाबन्धो महासिद्धिप्रदायकः ayaṃ tu sarvanāḍīnām ūrdhvaṃ gatinirodhakaḥ |
ayaṃ khalu mahābandho mahāsiddhipradāyakaḥ
The line
This is the stopper of the upward course of all the channels. This is mahābandha (महाबन्ध), giver of a great success.
नेपालीमा
यो सबै नाडीको माथितिरको गति रोक्ने हो। यो महान् सिद्धि दिने महाबन्ध हो।
Where it sits
The name. Ūrdhvaṃ gati (ऊर्ध्वं गति) is the course upward, which the bandha stops.
Split: ayaṃ (अयं) tu (तु) sarva (सर्व) + nāḍīnām (नाडीनाम्) ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) gati (गति) + nirodhakaḥ (निरोधकः) / ayaṃ (अयं) khalu (खलु) mahā (महा) + bandho (बन्धो) mahā (महा) + siddhi (सिद्धि) + pradāyakaḥ (प्रदायकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ayaṃ (अयं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| sarva-nāḍīnām (सर्व-नाडीनाम्) | genitive plural | every; a channel. The stem. |
| ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) | indeclinable | upward. |
| gati-nirodhakaḥ (गति-निरोधकः) | nominative singular | a going; a stopper. |
| khalu (खलु) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| mahā-bandho (महा-बन्धो) | form in the line | great; to bind. |
| mahā-siddhi-pradāyakaḥ (महा-सिद्धि-प्रदायकः) | nominative singular | great; success; a giver. |
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 is the stopper of the upward course of all the channels. This is mahābandha (महाबन्ध), giver of a great success.