Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.57 The westward stretch of the belly
3.57
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
उदरे पश्चिमं तानं नाभेरूर्ध्वं च कारयेत् ।
उड्डीयानो ह्यसौ बन्धो मृत्युमातङ्गकेसरी udare paścimaṃ tānaṃ nābher ūrdhvaṃ ca kārayet |
uḍḍīyāno hy asau bandho mṛtyumātaṅgakesarī
The line
He should make a westward stretch of the belly, and above the navel. This bandha is uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान), a lion to the elephant of death.
नेपालीमा
उसले पेटलाई पश्चिमतर्फ तान्नुपर्छ, नाभिभन्दा माथि पनि। यो बन्ध उड्डीयान हो, जो मृत्युको हात्तीका निम्ति सिंह हो।
Where it sits
Paścima-tāna (पश्चिम-तान) is the back-stretch of 1.30, here applied to the belly above the navel. The lion and the elephant are the verse's image for death.
Split: udare (उदरे) paścimaṃ (पश्चिमं) tānaṃ (तानं) nābher (नाभेर्) ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) ca (च) kārayet (कारयेत्) / uḍḍīyāno (उड्डीयानो) hy (ह्य्) asau (असौ) bandho (बन्धो) mṛtyu (मृत्यु) + mātaṅga (मातङ्ग) + kesarī (केसरी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| udare (उदरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the belly. |
| paścimaṃ (पश्चिमं) | nominative or accusative singular | the rear. |
| tānaṃ (तानं) | nominative or accusative singular | a stretch. |
| nābher (नाभेर्) | form in the line | the navel. |
| ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) | indeclinable | upward. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| kārayet (कारयेत्) | optative | one should perform. |
| uḍḍīyāno (उड्डीयानो) | form in the line | uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान). |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for. hi (हि) before a vowel. |
| asau (असौ) | dual, nominative or accusative | he. |
| bandho (बन्धो) | form in the line | to bind. |
| mṛtyu-mātaṅga-kesarī (मृत्यु-मातङ्ग-केसरी) | nominative singular | death; an elephant. |
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. He should make a westward stretch of the belly, and above the navel. This bandha is uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान), a lion to the elephant of death.