Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.45 Between sun and moon
4.45
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर् मध्ये निरालम्बान्तरे पुनः ।
संस्थिता व्योमचक्रे या सा मुद्रा नाम खेचरी sūryācandramasor madhye nirālambāntare punaḥ |
saṃsthitā vyomacakre yā sā mudrā nāma khecarī
The line
Between sun and moon, and again in the supportless interval, the one who stands in the wheel of the sky: she is the mudrā (मुद्रा) named khecarī (खेचरी).
नेपालीमा
सूर्य र चन्द्रको बीचमा, र फेरि निरालम्ब अन्तरमा, आकाशको चक्रमा उभिने उनी खेचरी नामकी मुद्रा हुन्।
Where it sits
The reading is sūryācandramasoḥ (सूर्याचन्द्रमसोः). She is the same khecarī (खेचरी) as the third chapter, here placed in the sky-wheel.
Split: sūryācandramasor (सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्) madhye (मध्ये) nirālambāntare (निरालम्बान्तरे) punaḥ (पुनः) / saṃsthitā (संस्थिता) vyoma (व्योम) + cakre (चक्रे) yā (या) sā (सा) mudrā (मुद्रा) nāma (नाम) khecarī (खेचरी)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sūryācandramasor (सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| madhye (मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the middle. |
| nirālambāntare (निरालम्बान्तरे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again. |
| saṃsthitā (संस्थिता) | nominative singular | stationed. |
| vyoma-cakre (व्योम-चक्रे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | sky; a wheel. |
| yā (या) | nominative singular | she who. |
| sā (सा) | nominative singular | that. |
| mudrā (मुद्रा) | nominative singular | the seal. |
| nāma (नाम) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| khecarī (खेचरी) | nominative singular | khecarī (खेचरी). |
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. Between sun and moon, and again in the supportless interval, the one who stands in the wheel of the sky: she is the mudrā (मुद्रा) named khecarī (खेचरी).