Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.25 The two are fruitless without the piercing
3.25
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
रूपलावण्यसम्पन्ना यथा स्त्री पुरुषं विना ।
महामुद्रामहाबन्धौ निष्फलौ वेधवर्जितौ rūpalāvaṇyasampannā yathā strī puruṣaṃ vinā |
mahāmudrāmahābandhau niṣphalau vedhavarjitau
The line
As a woman endowed with form and loveliness is fruitless without a man, so the verse says mahāmudrā (महामुद्रा) and mahābandha (महाबन्ध) are fruitless when the piercing is left out.
नेपालीमा
रूप र सौन्दर्यले युक्त स्त्री पुरुष बिना फलहीन हुन्छ, त्यसरी श्लोकले छेदन छुटाइँदा महामुद्रा र महाबन्ध फलहीन हुन्छन् भन्छ।
Where it sits
The comparison is the verse's own. Mahāvedha (महावेध) is the piercing, taught from 3.26.
Split: rūpa (रूप) + lāvaṇya (लावण्य) + sampannā (सम्पन्ना) yathā (यथा) strī (स्त्री) puruṣaṃ (पुरुषं) vinā (विना) / mahā (महा) + mudrā (मुद्रा) + mahā (महा) + bandhau (बन्धौ) niṣphalau (निष्फलौ) vedha (वेध) + varjitau (वर्जितौ)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpa-lāvaṇya-sampannā (रूप-लावण्य-सम्पन्ना) | nominative singular | color; loveliness; endowed. |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as. |
| strī (स्त्री) | nominative singular | a woman. |
| puruṣaṃ (पुरुषं) | nominative or accusative singular | a person. |
| vinā (विना) | indeclinable | without. |
| mahā-mudrā-mahā-bandhau (महा-मुद्रा-महा-बन्धौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | great; the seal; great; to bind. |
| niṣphalau (निष्फलौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | fruitless. |
| vedha-varjitau (वेध-वर्जितौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | piercing; left. |
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. As a woman endowed with form and loveliness is fruitless without a man, so the verse says mahāmudrā (महामुद्रा) and mahābandha (महाबन्ध) are fruitless when the piercing is left out.