Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.86 A tube in the vajra passage
3.86
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
यत्नतः शस्तनालेन फूत्कारं वज्रकन्दरे ।
शनैः शनैः प्रकुर्वीत वायुसंचारकारणात् yatnataḥ śastanālena phūtkāraṃ vajrakandare |
śanaiḥ śanaiḥ prakurvīta vāyusaṃcārakāraṇāt
The line
With effort, with a praised tube, he should make a blowing in the vajra passage, very slowly, for the sake of the wind's movement.
नेपालीमा
प्रयाससहित, प्रशंसा गरिएको नलीले, वायुको चालका लागि उसले वज्र मार्गमा धेरै बिस्तारै फुत्कार गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The verse names a tube, a blowing, and the vajra passage. Those are its words.
Split: yatnataḥ (यत्नतः) śasta (शस्त) + nālena (नालेन) phūtkāraṃ (फूत्कारं) vajra (वज्र) + kandare (कन्दरे) / śanaiḥ (शनैः) śanaiḥ (शनैः) prakurvīta (प्रकुर्वीत) vāyu (वायु) + saṃcāra (संचार) + kāraṇāt (कारणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yatnataḥ (यत्नतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| śasta-nālena (शस्त-नालेन) | instrumental singular | praised, a good one; a tube. |
| phūtkāraṃ (फूत्कारं) | nominative or accusative singular | a blowing. |
| vajra-kandare (वज्र-कन्दरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | vajra. Here the urethral passage; a cave, a hollow. |
| śanaiḥ (शनैः) | indeclinable | slowly. |
| prakurvīta (प्रकुर्वीत) | form in the line | one should do. |
| vāyu-saṃcāra-kāraṇāt (वायु-संचार-कारणात्) | ablative singular | the breath; a moving; a cause. |
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. With effort, with a praised tube, he should make a blowing in the vajra passage, very slowly, for the sake of the wind's movement.