Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.51 The sixteen-petalled lotus
3.51
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मूर्ध्नः षोडशपत्रपद्मगलितं प्राणादवाप्तं हठादूर्द्व्हास्यो रसनां नियम्य विवरे शक्तिं परां चिन्तयन् ।
उत्कल्लोलकलाजलं च विमलं धारामयं यः पिबेन् निर्व्याधिः स मृणालकोमलवपुर् योगी चिरं जीवति mūrdhnaḥ ṣoḍaśapatrapadmagalitaṃ prāṇād avāptaṃ haṭhād ūrdvhāsyo rasanāṃ niyamya vivare śaktiṃ parāṃ cintayan |
utkallolakalājalaṃ ca vimalaṃ dhārāmayaṃ yaḥ piben nirvyādhiḥ sa mṛṇālakomalavapur yogī ciraṃ jīvati
The line
What has dripped from the sixteen-petalled lotus of the head, obtained from the prāṇa (प्राण), from haṭha (हठ): face upward, restraining the tongue, thinking on the supreme śakti (शक्ति) in the opening, the one who drinks that stainless, stream-like water of the surging digit lives long, a yogin whose body is soft as a lotus fibre, free of disease.
नेपालीमा
टाउकोको सोह्र दल कमलबाट चुहिएको, प्राण र हठबाट प्राप्त हुने उर्लिएको कलाको त्यो निर्मल, धाराजस्तो पानी मुख माथि पारेर, जिब्रो रोकेर र द्वारमा सर्वोच्च शक्ति सम्झँदै पिउने योगी रोगरहित हुन्छ, उसको शरीर कमलनालजस्तो नरम हुन्छ, र ऊ लामो बाँच्छ।
Where it sits
Mṛṇāla (मृणाल) is the lotus fibre. Ṣoḍaśa-patra (षोडश-पत्र) is the sixteen-petalled lotus the verse places at the head.
Split: mūrdhnaḥ (मूर्ध्नः) ṣoḍaśa (षोडश) + patra (पत्र) + padma (पद्म) + galitaṃ (गलितं) prāṇād (प्राणाद्) avāptaṃ (अवाप्तं) haṭhād (हठाद्) ūrdvhāsyo (ऊर्द्व्हास्यो) rasanāṃ (रसनां) niyamya (नियम्य) vivare (विवरे) śaktiṃ (शक्तिं) parāṃ (परां) cintayan (चिन्तयन्) / utkallola (उत्कल्लोल) + kalā (कला) + jalaṃ (जलं) ca (च) vimalaṃ (विमलं) dhārāmayaṃ (धारामयं) yaḥ (यः) piben (पिबेन्) nirvyādhiḥ (निर्व्याधिः) sa (स) mṛṇāla (मृणाल) + komala (कोमल) + vapur (वपुर्) yogī (योगी) ciraṃ (चिरं) jīvati (जीवति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mūrdhnaḥ (मूर्ध्नः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| ṣoḍaśa-patra-padma-galitaṃ (षोडश-पत्र-पद्म-गलितं) | nominative or accusative singular | sixteen; a petal; a lotus; dripped. |
| prāṇād (प्राणाद्) | form in the line | prāṇa (प्राण). |
| avāptaṃ (अवाप्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | obtained. |
| haṭhād (हठाद्) | form in the line | by force. |
| ūrdvhāsyo (ऊर्द्व्हास्यो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| rasanāṃ (रसनां) | form in the line | the tongue. |
| niyamya (नियम्य) | form in the line | having restrained. |
| vivare (विवरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | an opening. |
| śaktiṃ (शक्तिं) | form in the line | power. |
| parāṃ (परां) | form in the line | supreme. |
| cintayan (चिन्तयन्) | form in the line | meditating. |
| utkallola-kalā-jalaṃ (उत्कल्लोल-कला-जलं) | nominative or accusative singular | high-waved; a digit; the water. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| vimalaṃ (विमलं) | nominative or accusative singular | clear. |
| dhārāmayaṃ (धारामयं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular | who. |
| piben (पिबेन्) | form in the line | one should drink. |
| nirvyādhiḥ (निर्व्याधिः) | nominative singular | free of disease. |
| sa (स) | form in the line | he. |
| mṛṇāla-komala-vapur (मृणाल-कोमल-वपुर्) | form in the line | a lotus stalk; soft; the body. |
| yogī (योगी) | nominative singular | the yogin. |
| ciraṃ (चिरं) | nominative or accusative singular | a long time. |
| jīvati (जीवति) | present | lives. |
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. What has dripped from the sixteen-petalled lotus of the head, obtained from the prāṇa (प्राण), from haṭha (हठ): face upward, restraining the tongue, thinking on the supreme śakti (शक्ति) in the opening, the one who drinks that stainless, stream-like water of the surging digit lives long, a yogin whose body is soft as a lotus fibre, free of disease.