Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.69 She enters the hole
3.69
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
बिलं प्रविष्टेव ततो ब्रह्मनाड्यं तरं व्रजेत् ।
तस्मान् नित्यं मूलबन्धः कर्तव्यो योगिभिः सदा bilaṃ praviṣṭeva tato brahmanāḍyaṃ taraṃ vrajet |
tasmān nityaṃ mūlabandhaḥ kartavyo yogibhiḥ sadā
The line
Then, as if entered into a hole, she goes the crossing of the brahma-channel. Therefore the yogins should always do mūlabandha (मूलबन्ध).
नेपालीमा
त्यसपछि प्वालमा पसेकीझैँ उनी ब्रह्मनाडीको पार जान्छिन्। त्यसैले योगीहरूले सधैँ मूलबन्ध गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Closes the root lock. Jālandhara (जालन्धर) begins at 3.70.
Split: bilaṃ (बिलं) praviṣṭeva (प्रविष्टेव) tato (ततो) brahma (ब्रह्म) + nāḍyaṃ (नाड्यं) taraṃ (तरं) vrajet (व्रजेत्) / tasmān (तस्मान्) nityaṃ (नित्यं) mūla (मूल) + bandhaḥ (बन्धः) kartavyo (कर्तव्यो) yogibhiḥ (योगिभिः) sadā (सदा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bilaṃ (बिलं) | nominative or accusative singular | a hole. |
| praviṣṭeva (प्रविष्टेव) | form in the line | entered. |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. |
| brahma-nāḍyaṃ (ब्रह्म-नाड्यं) | nominative or accusative singular | Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), or the stem of Brahman, as the compound decides. |
| taraṃ (तरं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| vrajet (व्रजेत्) | optative | it goes. |
| tasmān (तस्मान्) | accusative plural | therefore. |
| nityaṃ (नित्यं) | indeclinable | constantly. |
| mūla-bandhaḥ (मूल-बन्धः) | nominative singular | the root; to bind. |
| kartavyo (कर्तव्यो) | form in the line | to be done. |
| yogibhiḥ (योगिभिः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| sadā (सदा) | indeclinable | always. |
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. Then, as if entered into a hole, she goes the crossing of the brahma-channel. Therefore the yogins should always do mūlabandha (मूलबन्ध).