Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.49 The moon's essence is the drink
3.49
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
जिह्वाप्रवेशसम्भूतवह्निनोत्पादितः खलु ।
चन्द्रात् स्रवति यः सारः सा स्यादमरवारुणी jihvāpraveśasambhūtavahninotpāditaḥ khalu |
candrāt sravati yaḥ sāraḥ sā syād amaravāruṇī
The line
The essence that flows from the moon, produced by the fire born of the tongue's entering: that would be the deathless vāruṇī (वारुणी).
नेपालीमा
जिब्रोको प्रवेशबाट जन्मेको आगोले उत्पन्न गरेको, चन्द्रबाट बग्ने सार नै अमर वारुणी हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The verse's own decoding of the drink in 3.47. Candra (चन्द्र) is the moon at the palate.
Split: jihvā (जिह्वा) + praveśa (प्रवेश) + sambhūta (सम्भूत) + vahninotpāditaḥ (वह्निनोत्पादितः) khalu (खलु) / candrāt (चन्द्रात्) sravati (स्रवति) yaḥ (यः) sāraḥ (सारः) sā (सा) syād (स्याद्) amara (अमर) + vāruṇī (वारुणी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jihvā-praveśa-sambhūta-vahninotpāditaḥ (जिह्वा-प्रवेश-सम्भूत-वह्निनोत्पादितः) | nominative singular | the tongue; entering; born. |
| khalu (खलु) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| candrāt (चन्द्रात्) | ablative singular | from the moon. |
| sravati (स्रवति) | present | flows. |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular | who. |
| sāraḥ (सारः) | nominative singular | the essence. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular | that. |
| syād (स्याद्) | form in the line | would be. |
| amara-vāruṇī (अमर-वारुणी) | nominative singular | deathless; the liquor of Varuṇa (वरुण). The next verses decode it. |
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 essence that flows from the moon, produced by the fire born of the tongue's entering: that would be the deathless vāruṇī (वारुणी).