Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.52 Bind the cool stream
3.52
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यत् प्रालेयं प्रहितसुषिरं मेरुमूर्धान्तरस्थं तस्मिंस् तत्त्वं प्रवदति सुधीस् तन्मुखं निम्नगानाम् ।
चन्द्रात् सारः स्रवति वपुषस् तेन मृत्युर् नराणां तद् बध्नीयात् सुकरणमधो नान्यथा कायसिद्धिः yat prāleyaṃ prahitasuṣiraṃ merumūrdhāntarasthaṃ tasmiṃs tattvaṃ pravadati sudhīs tanmukhaṃ nimnagānām |
candrāt sāraḥ sravati vapuṣas tena mṛtyur narāṇāṃ tad badhnīyāt sukaraṇam adho nānyathā kāyasiddhiḥ
The line
The cool substance set in the opening, standing inside the crown of Meru: a wise one declares the truth there, and its mouth belongs to the downward rivers. The essence flows from the moon, and by that the verse says there is death of men. He should bind it. The act that is easy is the lower one. The verse says the body's success is otherwise absent.
नेपालीमा
द्वारमा राखिएको शीतल पदार्थ मेरुको मुकुटभित्र उभिन्छ। ज्ञानीले त्यहाँ सत्य भन्छ, र त्यसको मुख तलतिर बग्ने नदीहरूसँग जोडिएको छ। सार चन्द्रबाट बग्छ, र त्यसैबाट मानिसहरूको मृत्यु हुन्छ भनी श्लोकले भन्छ। उसले त्यसलाई बाँध्नुपर्छ। सजिलो कर्म तल्लो हो। अन्य उपायबाट शरीरको सिद्धि हुँदैन भनी श्लोकले भन्छ।
Where it sits
Meru (मेरु) is the mountain the verse uses for the body's axis. The essence from the moon is the same stream as 3.49. The na anyathā (न अन्यथा) is the verse's own.
Split: yat (यत्) prāleyaṃ (प्रालेयं) prahita (प्रहित) + suṣiraṃ (सुषिरं) meru (मेरु) + mūrdhāntara (मूर्धान्तर) + sthaṃ (स्थं) tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) tattvaṃ (तत्त्वं) pravadati (प्रवदति) sudhīs (सुधीस्) tan (तन्) + mukhaṃ (मुखं) nimnagānām (निम्नगानाम्) / candrāt (चन्द्रात्) sāraḥ (सारः) sravati (स्रवति) vapuṣas (वपुष) tena (तेन) mṛtyur (मृत्युर्) narāṇāṃ (नराणां) tad (तद्) badhnīyāt (बध्नीयात्) sukaraṇam (सुकरणम्) adho (अधो) nānyathā (नान्यथा) kāya (काय) + siddhiḥ (सिद्धिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yat (यत्) | form in the line | whatever. |
| prāleyaṃ (प्रालेयं) | nominative or accusative singular | snow, the cool drop. |
| prahita-suṣiraṃ (प्रहित-सुषिरं) | nominative or accusative singular | placed, sent; a hollow. |
| meru-mūrdhāntara-sthaṃ (मेरु-मूर्धान्तर-स्थं) | nominative or accusative singular | Meru. The spine's mountain; standing. |
| tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| tattvaṃ (तत्त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | the truth. |
| pravadati (प्रवदति) | present | declares. |
| sudhīs (सुधीस्) | form in the line | a wise one. |
| tan-mukhaṃ (तन्-मुखं) | nominative or accusative singular | that; the mouth. |
| nimnagānām (निम्नगानाम्) | genitive plural | a river. |
| candrāt (चन्द्रात्) | ablative singular | from the moon. |
| sāraḥ (सारः) | nominative singular | the essence. |
| sravati (स्रवति) | present | flows. |
| vapuṣas (वपुष) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | with that. |
| mṛtyur (मृत्युर्) | form in the line | death. |
| narāṇāṃ (नराणां) | form in the line | of men. |
| tad (तद्) | form in the line | that. |
| badhnīyāt (बध्नीयात्) | optative | one should bind. |
| sukaraṇam (सुकरणम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| adho (अधो) | indeclinable | below. |
| nānyathā (नान्यथा) | indeclinable | the other way fails the verse's condition. |
| kāya-siddhiḥ (काय-सिद्धिः) | nominative singular | the body; success. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 34, 34 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 cool substance set in the opening, standing inside the crown of Meru: a wise one declares the truth there, and its mouth belongs to the downward rivers. The essence flows from the moon, and by that the verse says there is death of men. He should bind it. The act that is easy is the lower one. The verse says the body's success is otherwise absent.