Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.41 Why she is called the sky-mover
3.41
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
चित्तं चरति खे यस्माज् जिह्वा चरति खे गता ।
तेनैषा खेचरी नाम मुद्रा सिद्धैर् निरूपिता cittaṃ carati khe yasmāj jihvā carati khe gatā |
tenaiṣā khecarī nāma mudrā siddhair nirūpitā
The line
Because the mind moves in the sky, and the tongue, gone there, moves in the sky, this mudrā (मुद्रा) is named khecarī (खेचरी) by the siddhas.
नेपालीमा
मन आकाशमा चल्छ, र त्यहाँ पुगेको जिब्रो आकाशमा चल्छ, त्यसैले सिद्धहरूले यो मुद्रालाई खेचरी नाम दिन्छन्।
Where it sits
Kha (ख) is the sky, the space. The name is built from the tongue and the mind both moving there.
Split: cittaṃ (चित्तं) carati (चरति) khe (खे) yasmāj (यस्माज्) jihvā (जिह्वा) carati (चरति) khe (खे) gatā (गता) / tenaiṣā (तेनैषा) khecarī (खेचरी) nāma (नाम) mudrā (मुद्रा) siddhair (सिद्धैर्) nirūpitā (निरूपिता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cittaṃ (चित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | the mind. |
| carati (चरति) | present | moves. |
| khe (खे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | space. |
| yasmāj (यस्माज्) | form in the line | because. |
| jihvā (जिह्वा) | nominative singular | the tongue. |
| gatā (गता) | nominative singular | gone. |
| tenaiṣā (तेनैषा) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| khecarī (खेचरी) | nominative singular | khecarī (खेचरी). |
| nāma (नाम) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| mudrā (मुद्रा) | nominative singular | the seal. |
| siddhair (सिद्धैर्) | form in the line | a siddha. One who has arrived. |
| nirūpitā (निरूपिता) | nominative singular | settled, defined. |
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. Because the mind moves in the sky, and the tongue, gone there, moves in the sky, this mudrā (मुद्रा) is named khecarī (खेचरी) by the siddhas.