Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.87 Draw the drop up
3.87
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
नारीभगे पदद्बिन्दुमभ्यासेनोर्ध्वमाहरेत् ।
चलितं च निजं बिन्दुमूर्ध्वमाकृष्य रक्षयेत् nārībhage padadbindum abhyāsenordhvam āharet |
calitaṃ ca nijaṃ bindum ūrdhvam ākṛṣya rakṣayet
The line
The drop fallen in the woman's bhaga he should draw upward by practice, and his own drop, if it has moved, he should draw upward and guard.
नेपालीमा
स्त्रीको भगमा खसेको बिन्दु उसले अभ्यासले माथि तान्नुपर्छ, र आफ्नो बिन्दु चलेको भए उसले माथि तानेर जोगाउनुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Bhaga (भग) is the woman's organ. Bindu (बिन्दु) is the drop. The verse's act is the drawing up and the guarding.
Split: nārī (नारी) + bhage (भगे) padad (पदद्) + bindum (बिन्दुम्) abhyāsenordhvam (अभ्यासेनोर्ध्वम्) āharet (आहरेत्) / calitaṃ (चलितं) ca (च) nijaṃ (निजं) bindum (बिन्दुम्) ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) ākṛṣya (आकृष्य) rakṣayet (रक्षयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nārī-bhage (नारी-भगे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | a woman; the vulva. |
| padad-bindum (पदद्-बिन्दुम्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| abhyāsenordhvam (अभ्यासेनोर्ध्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| āharet (आहरेत्) | optative | one should draw. |
| calitaṃ (चलितं) | nominative or accusative singular | shaken, moved. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| nijaṃ (निजं) | nominative or accusative singular | one's own. |
| bindum (बिन्दुम्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| ūrdhvam (ऊर्ध्वम्) | indeclinable | upward. |
| ākṛṣya (आकृष्य) | form in the line | having drawn. |
| rakṣayet (रक्षयेत्) | optative | one should protect. |
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. The drop fallen in the woman's bhaga he should draw upward by practice, and his own drop, if it has moved, he should draw upward and guard.