Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.68 The sleeping serpent
3.68
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
तेन कुण्डलिनी सुप्ता सन्तप्ता सम्प्रबुध्यते ।
दण्डाहता भुजङ्गीव निश्वस्य ऋजुतां व्रजेत् tena kuṇḍalinī suptā santaptā samprabudhyate |
daṇḍāhatā bhujaṅgīva niśvasya ṛjutāṃ vrajet
The line
By that, kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) asleep, heated, wakes fully. Like a female serpent struck by a stick, she hisses and goes to straightness.
नेपालीमा
त्यसबाट सुतेकी, तातिएकी कुण्डलिनी पूर्ण जाग्छिन्। लठ्ठीले हानिएकी सर्पिणीझैँ उनी फुत्कार्छिन् र सोझोपनतिर जान्छिन्।
Where it sits
The simile matches 3.11. Niśvasya (निश्वस्य) is having hissed, having breathed out.
Split: tena (तेन) kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) suptā (सुप्ता) santaptā (सन्तप्ता) samprabudhyate (सम्प्रबुध्यते) / daṇḍāhatā (दण्डाहता) bhujaṅgīva (भुजङ्गीव) niśvasya (निश्वस्य) ṛjutāṃ (ऋजुतां) vrajet (व्रजेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | with that. |
| kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) | nominative singular | kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी). |
| suptā (सुप्ता) | nominative singular | asleep. |
| santaptā (सन्तप्ता) | nominative singular | heated. |
| samprabudhyate (सम्प्रबुध्यते) | present | wakes fully. |
| daṇḍāhatā (दण्डाहता) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhujaṅgīva (भुजङ्गीव) | form in the line | the serpent. |
| niśvasya (निश्वस्य) | genitive singular | having hissed, having breathed. |
| ṛjutāṃ (ऋजुतां) | form in the line | straightness. |
| vrajet (व्रजेत्) | optative | it goes. |
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. By that, kuṇḍalinī (कुण्डलिनी) asleep, heated, wakes fully. Like a female serpent struck by a stick, she hisses and goes to straightness.