Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.44 Drinking the moon
3.44
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
ऊर्ध्वजिह्वः स्थिरो भूत्वा सोमपानं करोति यः ।
मासार्धेन न सन्देहो मृत्युं जयति योगवित् ūrdhvajihvaḥ sthiro bhūtvā somapānaṃ karoti yaḥ |
māsārdhena na sandeho mṛtyuṃ jayati yogavit
The line
The one who, tongue upward and steady, drinks the moon: within half a month, the knower of yoga conquers death. The verse says there is no doubt.
नेपालीमा
जिब्रो माथि र स्थिर राखेर चन्द्र पिउने योगका ज्ञाताले आधा महिनाभित्र मृत्यु जित्छ। श्लोकले शङ्का छैन भन्छ।
Where it sits
Soma (सोम) is the moon, and the drink is the moon's nectar. Māsārdha (मासार्ध) is half a month.
Split: ūrdhva (ऊर्ध्व) + jihvaḥ (जिह्वः) sthiro (स्थिरो) bhūtvā (भूत्वा) somapānaṃ (सोमपानं) karoti (करोति) yaḥ (यः) / māsārdhena (मासार्धेन) na (न) sandeho (सन्देहो) mṛtyuṃ (मृत्युं) jayati (जयति) yogavit (योगवित्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ūrdhva-jihvaḥ (ऊर्ध्व-जिह्वः) | nominative singular | above; the tongue. |
| sthiro (स्थिरो) | form in the line | steady. |
| bhūtvā (भूत्वा) | absolutive | having become. |
| somapānaṃ (सोमपानं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| karoti (करोति) | form in the line | does. |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular | who. |
| māsārdhena (मासार्धेन) | instrumental singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| sandeho (सन्देहो) | form in the line | doubt. |
| mṛtyuṃ (मृत्युं) | form in the line | death. |
| jayati (जयति) | present | conquers. |
| yogavit (योगवित्) | form in the line | a knower of yoga. |
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. The one who, tongue upward and steady, drinks the moon: within half a month, the knower of yoga conquers death. The verse says there is no doubt.