Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.53 Five streams, and the stainless void
3.53
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
सुषिरं ज्ञानजनकं पञ्चस्रोतःसमन्वितम् ।
तिष्ठते खेचरी मुद्रा तस्मिन् शून्ये निरञ्जने suṣiraṃ jñānajanakaṃ pañcasrotaḥsamanvitam |
tiṣṭhate khecarī mudrā tasmin śūnye nirañjane
The line
The opening that makes knowledge, joined with five streams, stands there. The khecarī (खेचरी) mudrā (मुद्रा) is in that void, in the stainless one.
नेपालीमा
ज्ञान उत्पन्न गर्ने द्वार पाँच धारासँग जोडिएर त्यहाँ उभिन्छ। खेचरी मुद्रा त्यस शून्यमा छ, निर्मलमा।
Where it sits
Pañca-srotas (पञ्च-स्रोतस्) is five streams. Nirañjana (निरञ्जन) is the stainless, a name the fourth chapter will use for the place itself.
Split: suṣiraṃ (सुषिरं) jñāna (ज्ञान) + janakaṃ (जनकं) pañca (पञ्च) + srotaḥ (स्रोतः) + samanvitam (समन्वितम्) / tiṣṭhate (तिष्ठते) khecarī (खेचरी) mudrā (मुद्रा) tasmin (तस्मिन्) śūnye (शून्ये) nirañjane (निरञ्जने)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| suṣiraṃ (सुषिरं) | nominative or accusative singular | a hollow. |
| jñāna-janakaṃ (ज्ञान-जनकं) | nominative or accusative singular | knowledge; a producer. |
| pañca-srotaḥ-samanvitam (पञ्च-स्रोतः-समन्वितम्) | nominative or accusative singular | a stream; joined with. |
| tiṣṭhate (तिष्ठते) | present | stays. |
| khecarī (खेचरी) | nominative singular | khecarī (खेचरी). |
| mudrā (मुद्रा) | nominative singular | the seal. |
| tasmin (तस्मिन्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| śūnye (शून्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the void. |
| nirañjane (निरञ्जने) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the unstained. |
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 opening that makes knowledge, joined with five streams, stands there. The khecarī (खेचरी) mudrā (मुद्रा) is in that void, in the stainless one.