Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.50 The soft palate raining
3.50
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
चुम्बन्ती यदि लम्बिकाग्रमनिशं जिह्वारसस्यन्दिनी सक्षारा कटुकाम्लदुग्धसदृशी मध्वाज्यतुल्या तथा ।
व्याधीनां हरणं जरान्तकरणं शस्त्रागमोदीरणं तस्य स्यादमरत्वमष्टगुणितं सिद्धाङ्गनाकर्षणम् cumbantī yadi lambikāgram aniśaṃ jihvārasasyandinī sakṣārā kaṭukāmladugdhasadṛśī madhvājyatulyā tathā |
vyādhīnāṃ haraṇaṃ jarāntakaraṇaṃ śastrāgamodīraṇaṃ tasya syād amaratvam aṣṭaguṇitaṃ siddhāṅganākarṣaṇam
The line
If the soft palate's tip, raining the tongue's juice, kisses it without ceasing, salty, like pungent and sour milk, and like honey and ghee, it is the taking away of diseases, the maker of the end of old age, the raising of the weapon's coming, and for him there would be deathlessness multiplied by eight, and a drawing of siddha women.
नेपालीमा
यदि कोमल तालुको टुप्पोले जिब्रोको रस झार्दै त्यसलाई नरोकी चुम्बन गर्छ भने, नुनिलो, तिखो र अमिलो दूधजस्तो तथा मह र घिउजस्तो त्यो रसले रोगहरू हर्छ, बुढ्यौलीको अन्त्य गर्छ, हतियारको आगमन उठाउँछ, र उसलाई आठ गुणा अमरत्व हुन्छ, अनि सिद्ध स्त्रीहरू तानिन्छन्।
Where it sits
A long verse on the juice from the soft palate. The eightfold deathlessness and the drawing of the women are the verse's claims.
Split: cumbantī (चुम्बन्ती) yadi (यदि) lambikāgram (लम्बिकाग्रम्) aniśaṃ (अनिशं) jihvā (जिह्वा) + rasa (रस) + syandinī (स्यन्दिनी) sa (स) + kṣārā (क्षारा) kaṭukāmla (कटुकाम्ल) + dugdha (दुग्ध) + sadṛśī (सदृशी) madhvājya (मध्वाज्य) + tulyā (तुल्या) tathā (तथा) / vyādhīnāṃ (व्याधीनां) haraṇaṃ (हरणं) jarānta (जरान्त) + karaṇaṃ (करणं) śastrāgamodīraṇaṃ (शस्त्रागमोदीरणं) tasya (तस्य) syād (स्याद्) amaratvam (अमरत्वम्) aṣṭa (अष्ट) + guṇitaṃ (गुणितं) siddhāṅganākarṣaṇam (सिद्धाङ्गनाकर्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| cumbantī (चुम्बन्ती) | nominative singular | kissing. |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if. |
| lambikāgram (लम्बिकाग्रम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the tip of the uvula. |
| aniśaṃ (अनिशं) | nominative or accusative singular | unceasingly. |
| jihvā-rasa-syandinī (जिह्वा-रस-स्यन्दिनी) | nominative singular | the tongue; taste; flowing. |
| sa-kṣārā (स-क्षारा) | nominative singular | he; saline. |
| kaṭukāmla-dugdha-sadṛśī (कटुकाम्ल-दुग्ध-सदृशी) | nominative singular | milk; like. |
| madhvājya-tulyā (मध्वाज्य-तुल्या) | nominative singular | equal. |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so. |
| vyādhīnāṃ (व्याधीनां) | form in the line | a hunter. |
| haraṇaṃ (हरणं) | nominative or accusative singular | taking away. |
| jarānta-karaṇaṃ (जरान्त-करणं) | nominative or accusative singular | an act. |
| śastrāgamodīraṇaṃ (शस्त्रागमोदीरणं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of him. |
| syād (स्याद्) | form in the line | would be. |
| amaratvam (अमरत्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular | deathlessness. |
| aṣṭa-guṇitaṃ (अष्ट-गुणितं) | nominative or accusative singular | eight; multiplied. |
| siddhāṅganākarṣaṇam (सिद्धाङ्गनाकर्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 38, 38 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. If the soft palate's tip, raining the tongue's juice, kisses it without ceasing, salty, like pungent and sour milk, and like honey and ghee, it is the taking away of diseases, the maker of the end of old age, the raising of the weapon's coming, and for him there would be deathlessness multiplied by eight, and a drawing of siddha women.