Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.76 Best, and served by the great siddhas
3.76
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
बन्धत्रयमिदं श्रेष्ठं महासिद्धैश् च सेवितम् ।
सर्वेषां हठतन्त्राणां साधनं योगिनो विदुः bandhatrayam idaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mahāsiddhaiś ca sevitam |
sarveṣāṃ haṭhatantrāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ yogino viduḥ
The line
These three bandhas are best, and the great siddhas have resorted to them. The yogins know them as the sādhana (साधन) of all the haṭha (हठ) tantras.
नेपालीमा
यी तीन बन्ध श्रेष्ठ हुन्, र महान् सिद्धहरूले तिनीहरूको आश्रय लिएका छन्। योगीहरू तिनीहरूलाई सबै हठ तन्त्रहरूको साधन भनेर जान्छन्।
Where it sits
Closes the three. The next verse says why the nectar must be kept.
Split: bandha (बन्ध) + trayam (त्रयम्) idaṃ (इदं) śreṣṭhaṃ (श्रेष्ठं) mahā (महा) + siddhaiś (सिद्धैश्) ca (च) sevitam (सेवितम्) / sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) haṭha (हठ) + tantrāṇāṃ (तन्त्राणां) sādhanaṃ (साधनं) yogino (योगिनो) viduḥ (विदुः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bandha-trayam (बन्ध-त्रयम्) | nominative or accusative singular | a bandha. A lock; a set of three. |
| idaṃ (इदं) | nominative or accusative singular | this. |
| śreṣṭhaṃ (श्रेष्ठं) | nominative or accusative singular | the best. |
| mahā-siddhaiś (महा-सिद्धैश्) | form in the line | great; a siddha. One who has arrived. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| sevitam (सेवितम्) | nominative or accusative singular | practiced. |
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| haṭha-tantrāṇāṃ (हठ-तन्त्राणां) | form in the line | haṭha (हठ). The yoga of force; a system. |
| sādhanaṃ (साधनं) | nominative or accusative singular | the means. |
| yogino (योगिनो) | form in the line | by the yogin. |
| viduḥ (विदुः) | form in the line | they know. |
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. These three bandhas are best, and the great siddhas have resorted to them. The yogins know them as the sādhana (साधन) of all the haṭha (हठ) tantras.