Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.56 The great bird
3.56
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उड्डीनं कुरुते यस्मादविश्रान्तं महाखगः ।
उड्डीयानं तदेव स्यात् तव बन्धोऽभिधीयते uḍḍīnaṃ kurute yasmād aviśrāntaṃ mahākhagaḥ |
uḍḍīyānaṃ tad eva syāt tava bandho'bhidhīyate
The line
Because the great bird flies up without resting, that very flying up is the bandha named for you.
नेपालीमा
महान् पक्षी नअडिई माथि उड्ने हुनाले त्यही माथि उड्नु नै तिमीलाई नाम दिइएको बन्ध हो।
Where it sits
A second etymology beside 3.55. Khaga (खग) is the bird, the one who moves in the sky.
Split: uḍḍīnaṃ (उड्डीनं) kurute (कुरुते) yasmād (यस्माद्) aviśrāntaṃ (अविश्रान्तं) mahā (महा) + khagaḥ (खगः) / uḍḍīyānaṃ (उड्डीयानं) tad (तद्) eva (एव) syāt (स्यात्) tava (तव) bandho'bhidhīyate (बन्धोऽभिधीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uḍḍīnaṃ (उड्डीनं) | nominative or accusative singular | flying up. |
| kurute (कुरुते) | present | makes. |
| yasmād (यस्माद्) | form in the line | because. |
| aviśrāntaṃ (अविश्रान्तं) | nominative or accusative singular | without rest. |
| mahā-khagaḥ (महा-खगः) | nominative singular | great; a bird. |
| uḍḍīyānaṃ (उड्डीयानं) | nominative or accusative singular | uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान). |
| tad (तद्) | form in the line | that. |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative | would be. |
| tava (तव) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bandho'bhidhīyate (बन्धोऽभिधीयते) | present | to bind; is named. |
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. Because the great bird flies up without resting, that very flying up is the bandha named for you.