Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.70 The chin on the heart
3.70
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
कण्ठमाकुञ्च्य हृदये स्थापयेच् चिबुकं दृढम् ।
बन्धो जालन्धराख्योऽयं जरामृत्युविनाशकः kaṇṭham ākuñcya hṛdaye sthāpayec cibukaṃ dṛḍham |
bandho jālandharākhyo'yaṃ jarāmṛtyuvināśakaḥ
The line
Contracting the throat, he should place the chin firmly on the heart. This bandha, called jālandhara (जालन्धर), is the destroyer of old age and death.
नेपालीमा
कण्ठ संकुचित गरेर उसले चिउँडो हृदयमा दृढ राख्नुपर्छ। जालन्धर भनिने यो बन्ध बुढ्यौली र मृत्युको नाश गर्ने हो।
Where it sits
The throat lock already placed on the breath at 2.45. Jālandhara (जालन्धर) is the name.
Split: kaṇṭham (कण्ठम्) ākuñcya (आकुञ्च्य) hṛdaye (हृदये) sthāpayec (स्थापयेच्) cibukaṃ (चिबुकं) dṛḍham (दृढम्) / bandho (बन्धो) jālandharākhyo'yaṃ (जालन्धराख्योऽयं) jarā (जरा) + mṛtyu (मृत्यु) + vināśakaḥ (विनाशकः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kaṇṭham (कण्ठम्) | nominative or accusative singular | the throat. |
| ākuñcya (आकुञ्च्य) | form in the line | having bent. |
| hṛdaye (हृदये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | the heart. |
| sthāpayec (स्थापयेच्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| cibukaṃ (चिबुकं) | nominative or accusative singular | the chin. |
| dṛḍham (दृढम्) | nominative or accusative singular | firm. |
| bandho (बन्धो) | form in the line | to bind. |
| jālandharākhyo'yaṃ (जालन्धराख्योऽयं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| jarā-mṛtyu-vināśakaḥ (जरा-मृत्यु-विनाशकः) | nominative singular | old age; death; a destroyer. |
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. Contracting the throat, he should place the chin firmly on the heart. This bandha, called jālandhara (जालन्धर), is the destroyer of old age and death.