Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.71 It binds the net of channels
3.71
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
बध्नाति हि सिराजालमधोगामि नभोजलम् ।
ततो जालन्धरो बन्धः कण्ठदुःखौघनाशनः badhnāti hi sirājālam adhogāmi nabhojalam |
tato jālandharo bandhaḥ kaṇṭhaduḥkhaughanāśanaḥ
The line
It binds the net of channels, and the sky-water that would go downward. Therefore the jālandhara (जालन्धर) bandha is the destroyer of the flood of pains in the throat.
नेपालीमा
त्यसले नाडीहरूको जाल बाँध्छ, र तल जान लागेको आकाशजल पनि बाँध्छ। त्यसैले जालन्धर बन्ध कण्ठका दुःखको बाढी नाश गर्ने हो।
Where it sits
Nabho-jala (नभो-जल) is the water of the sky, the nectar. Sirā-jāla (सिरा-जाल) is the net of channels.
Split: badhnāti (बध्नाति) hi (हि) sirājālam (सिराजालम्) adho (अधो) + gāmi (गामि) nabho (नभो) + jalam (जलम्) / tato (ततो) jālandharo (जालन्धरो) bandhaḥ (बन्धः) kaṇṭha (कण्ठ) + duḥkhaugha (दुःखौघ) + nāśanaḥ (नाशनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| badhnāti (बध्नाति) | form in the line | binds. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed. |
| sirājālam (सिराजालम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| adho-gāmi (अधो-गामि) | form in the line | below. |
| nabho-jalam (नभो-जलम्) | nominative or accusative singular | water. |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. |
| jālandharo (जालन्धरो) | form in the line | jālandhara (जालन्धर). The throat lock. |
| bandhaḥ (बन्धः) | nominative singular | to bind. |
| kaṇṭha-duḥkhaugha-nāśanaḥ (कण्ठ-दुःखौघ-नाशनः) | nominative singular | the throat; 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. It binds the net of channels, and the sky-water that would go downward. Therefore the jālandhara (जालन्धर) bandha is the destroyer of the flood of pains in the throat.