Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.62 The downward wind sent up
3.62
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अधोगतिमपानं वा ऊर्ध्वगं कुरुते बलात् ।
आकुञ्चनेन तं प्राहुर् मूलबन्धं हि योगिनः adhogatim apānaṃ vā ūrdhvagaṃ kurute balāt |
ākuñcanena taṃ prāhur mūlabandhaṃ hi yoginaḥ
The line
Apāna (अपान), whose course is downward, he makes go upward by force. By the contraction, the yogins call that mūlabandha (मूलबन्ध).
नेपालीमा
तलतिरको बाटो भएको अपानलाई उसले बलपूर्वक माथि लैजान्छ। संकोचले योगीहरू त्यसलाई मूलबन्ध भन्छन्।
Where it sits
The same lock, said as a change of direction.
Split: adho (अधो) + gatim (गतिम्) apānaṃ (अपानं) vā (वा) ūrdhvagaṃ (ऊर्ध्वगं) kurute (कुरुते) balāt (बलात्) / ākuñcanena (आकुञ्चनेन) taṃ (तं) prāhur (प्राहुर्) mūla (मूल) + bandhaṃ (बन्धं) hi (हि) yoginaḥ (योगिनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adho-gatim (अधो-गतिम्) | form in the line | below. |
| apānaṃ (अपानं) | nominative or accusative singular | apāna (अपान). The downward breath. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| ūrdhvagaṃ (ऊर्ध्वगं) | nominative or accusative singular | gone upward. |
| kurute (कुरुते) | present | makes. |
| balāt (बलात्) | indeclinable | by force. |
| ākuñcanena (आकुञ्चनेन) | instrumental singular | a contraction. |
| taṃ (तं) | nominative or accusative singular | that. |
| prāhur (प्राहुर्) | form in the line | they say. |
| mūla-bandhaṃ (मूल-बन्धं) | nominative or accusative singular | the root; to bind. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| yoginaḥ (योगिनः) | nominative singular | by the yogin. |
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. Apāna (अपान), whose course is downward, he makes go upward by force. By the contraction, the yogins call that mūlabandha (मूलबन्ध).