Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 3.99 If she guards her rajas
3.99
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
पुंसो बिन्दुं समाकुञ्च्य सम्यगभ्यासपाटवात् ।
यदि नारी रजो रक्षेद् वज्रोल्या सापि योगिनी puṃso binduṃ samākuñcya samyag abhyāsapāṭavāt |
yadi nārī rajo rakṣed vajrolyā sāpi yoginī
The line
If, drawing up the man's drop by a skill of practice properly done, the woman guards her rajas, she too is a yoginī (योगिनी) by vajrolī (वज्रोली).
नेपालीमा
ठीकसँग गरिएको अभ्यासको सीपले पुरुषको बिन्दु माथि तानेर स्त्रीले आफ्नो रज जोगाएमा उनी पनि वज्रोलीबाट योगिनी हुन्।
Where it sits
The woman's side of 3.91, completed.
Split: puṃso (पुंसो) binduṃ (बिन्दुं) samākuñcya (समाकुञ्च्य) samyag (सम्यग्) abhyāsa (अभ्यास) + pāṭavāt (पाटवात्) / yadi (यदि) nārī (नारी) rajo (रजो) rakṣed (रक्षेद्) vajrolyā (वज्रोल्या) sāpi (सापि) yoginī (योगिनी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| puṃso (पुंसो) | form in the line | a man. |
| binduṃ (बिन्दुं) | form in the line | the drop. |
| samākuñcya (समाकुञ्च्य) | form in the line | having drawn up. |
| samyag (सम्यग्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| abhyāsa-pāṭavāt (अभ्यास-पाटवात्) | ablative singular | practice; skill. |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if. |
| nārī (नारी) | nominative singular | a woman. |
| rajo (रजो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| rakṣed (रक्षेद्) | form in the line | should protect. |
| vajrolyā (वज्रोल्या) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| sāpi (सापि) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| yoginī (योगिनी) | nominative singular | a yoginī (योगिनी). |
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. If, drawing up the man's drop by a skill of practice properly done, the woman guards her rajas, she too is a yoginī (योगिनी) by vajrolī (वज्रोली).