Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.74 The three together
3.74
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
मूलस्थानं समाकुञ्च्य उड्डियानं तु कारयेत् ।
इडां च पिङ्गलां बद्ध्वा वाहयेत् पश्चिमे पथि mūlasthānaṃ samākuñcya uḍḍiyānaṃ tu kārayet |
iḍāṃ ca piṅgalāṃ baddhvā vāhayet paścime pathi
The line
Contracting the root place, he should do uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान), and having bound iḍā (इडा) and piṅgalā (पिङ्गला) he should make the wind go on the back path.
नेपालीमा
मूल स्थान संकुचित गरेर उसले उड्डीयान गर्नुपर्छ, र इडा र पिङ्गला बाँधेर उसले वायुलाई पछाडिको बाटोमा लैजानुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The three bandhas in one verse. Paścima-patha (पश्चिम-पथ) is the back path, the middle.
Split: mūla (मूल) + sthānaṃ (स्थानं) samākuñcya (समाकुञ्च्य) uḍḍiyānaṃ (उड्डियानं) tu (तु) kārayet (कारयेत्) / iḍāṃ (इडां) ca (च) piṅgalāṃ (पिङ्गलां) baddhvā (बद्ध्वा) vāhayet (वाहयेत्) paścime (पश्चिमे) pathi (पथि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mūla-sthānaṃ (मूल-स्थानं) | nominative or accusative singular | the root; place. |
| samākuñcya (समाकुञ्च्य) | form in the line | having drawn up. |
| uḍḍiyānaṃ (उड्डियानं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | and. A slight turn in the sentence. |
| kārayet (कारयेत्) | optative | one should perform. |
| iḍāṃ (इडां) | form in the line | iḍā (इडा). |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| piṅgalāṃ (पिङ्गलां) | form in the line | piṅgalā (पिङ्गला). |
| baddhvā (बद्ध्वा) | nominative singular | having bound. |
| vāhayet (वाहयेत्) | optative | one should make it move. |
| paścime (पश्चिमे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | on the rear path. |
| pathi (पथि) | form in the line | on the path. |
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 root place, he should do uḍḍīyāna (उड्डीयान), and having bound iḍā (इडा) and piṅgalā (पिङ्गला) he should make the wind go on the back path.