Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.7 The ten
3.7
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
करणी विपरीताख्या वज्रोली शक्तिचालनम् ।
इदं हि मुद्रादशकं जरामरणनाशनम् karaṇī viparītākhyā vajrolī śakticālanam |
idaṃ hi mudrādaśakaṃ jarāmaraṇanāśanam
The line
The act called the inversion, vajrolī (वज्रोली), and the driving of śakti (शक्ति): this set of ten mudrā (मुद्रा) seals is the destroyer of old age and of death.
नेपालीमा
विपरीत भनिने कर्म, वज्रोली, र शक्तिलाई हाँक्ने काम, यो दस मुद्राको समूह बुढ्यौली र मृत्युको नाश गर्ने हो।
Where it sits
The ten: mahāmudrā (महामुद्रा), mahābandha (महाबन्ध), mahāvedha (महावेध), khecarī (खेचरी), uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान), mūlabandha (मूलबन्ध), jālandhara (जालन्धर), viparītakaraṇī (विपरीतकरणी), vajrolī (वज्रोली), śakticālana (शक्तिचालन). Sahajolī (सहजोली) and amarolī (अमरोली) are divisions of vajrolī (वज्रोली), at 3.92.
Split: karaṇī (करणी) viparītākhyā (विपरीताख्या) vajrolī (वज्रोली) śakti (शक्ति) + cālanam (चालनम्) / idaṃ (इदं) hi (हि) mudrā (मुद्रा) + daśakaṃ (दशकं) jarā (जरा) + maraṇa (मरण) + nāśanam (नाशनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karaṇī (करणी) | nominative singular | the feminine of karaṇa (करण), the act. |
| viparītākhyā (विपरीताख्या) | nominative singular | the one named inverted. |
| vajrolī (वज्रोली) | nominative singular | vajrolī (वज्रोली). |
| śakti-cālanam (शक्ति-चालनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | power; the moving. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| mudrā-daśakaṃ (मुद्रा-दशकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the seal; a set of ten. |
| jarā-maraṇa-nāśanam (जरा-मरण-नाशनम्) | nominative or accusative singular | old age; dying; destruction. |
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. The act called the inversion, vajrolī (वज्रोली), and the driving of śakti (शक्ति): this set of ten mudrā (मुद्रा) seals is the destroyer of old age and of death.