Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.66 The flame lengthens
3.66
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
अपान ऊर्ध्वगे जाते प्रयाते वह्निमण्डलम् ।
तदानलशिखा दीर्घा जायते वायुनाहता apāna ūrdhvage jāte prayāte vahnimaṇḍalam |
tadānalaśikhā dīrghā jāyate vāyunāhatā
The line
When apāna (अपान) has gone upward and reached the circle of fire, then the flame of the fire becomes long, struck by the wind.
नेपालीमा
अपान माथि गएर अग्निको चक्रमा पुग्दा वायुले हिर्काएको अग्निको ज्वाला लामो हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Vahni-maṇḍala (वह्नि-मण्डल) is the fire's circle. 3.67 joins that fire to prāṇa (प्राण).
Split: apāna (अपान) ūrdhvage (ऊर्ध्वगे) jāte (जाते) prayāte (प्रयाते) vahni (वह्नि) + maṇḍalam (मण्डलम्) / tadānala (तदानल) + śikhā (शिखा) dīrghā (दीर्घा) jāyate (जायते) vāyunāhatā (वायुनाहता)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apāna (अपान) | form in the line | apāna (अपान). The downward breath. |
| ūrdhvage (ऊर्ध्वगे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | gone upward. |
| jāte (जाते) | present | once born. |
| prayāte (प्रयाते) | present | gone forward. |
| vahni-maṇḍalam (वह्नि-मण्डलम्) | nominative or accusative singular | fire; a round of forty days, in this verse's practice. |
| tadānala-śikhā (तदानल-शिखा) | nominative singular | a flame. |
| dīrghā (दीर्घा) | nominative singular | long. |
| jāyate (जायते) | present | is born. |
| vāyunāhatā (वायुनाहता) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
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. When apāna (अपान) has gone upward and reached the circle of fire, then the flame of the fire becomes long, struck by the wind.