I wasn't sure about this version of HYP but I'm coming around to it, it's kind of fun. I was going to review it but thought I'd let it speak for itself, this section is quite representational. We have the sutras, grouped together, and then the commentary. Nice thing about the commentary is that it gives examples of how the sutras might actually be put into practice.
Eg. Sutras 51 and 52 get quoted a lot on Ujjayi but 53 less so perhaps and yet it's quite relevant perhaps for ashtanga.
"The pranayama called Ujjayi can be done while moving, standing, sitting or walking..."
With my background in Vinyasa Krama I love variations, alternatives, modifications etc. the commentary gives several. Here, for example, we find standard Ujjayi without Kumbhaka (breath retention), Ujjayi with khechari mudra ( taking the tongue back), Ujjayi with kumbhaka after inhalation and with Kumbhala and khechari mudra. It also mentions in the commentary that techniques 1 & 2 can be done for any length of time, in any position and in any circumstance.
What I would like however is a version of Hatha Yoga Pradipka with a word for word breakdown translation, something like Pamela Hoxsey & Srivatsa Ramaswami's approach to the Yoga Sutras
Something like this, anyone come across something similar for HYP?
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| Patanjali"s Yoga Sutras based on the teaching of Srivatsa Ramaswami by Pamela Hoxsey |
UPDATE ; A friend just came through with justthe kind of thing I was after, a word for word translation of Hatha Yoga Pradipka here's an example of the above section on Ujjayi. You can download the necessary Sanskrit from from the site if needed.
अथोज्जायी।
मुखं संयम्य नाडीभ्यामाकृष्य पवनं शनैः।
यथा लगति कण्ठात्तु हृदयावधि सस्वनम्॥५१॥
मुखं संयम्य नाडीभ्यामाकृष्य पवनं शनैः।
यथा लगति कण्ठात्तु हृदयावधि सस्वनम्॥५१॥
पूर्ववत्कुम्भयेत्प्राणं रेचयेदिडया तथा।
श्लेष्मदोषहरं कण्ठे देहानलविवर्धनम्॥५२॥
Athojjāyī|
Mukhaṁ saṁyamya nāḍībhyāmākṛṣya pavanaṁ śanaiḥ|
Yathā lagati kaṇṭhāttu hṛdayāvadhi sasvanam||51||
श्लेष्मदोषहरं कण्ठे देहानलविवर्धनम्॥५२॥
Athojjāyī|
Mukhaṁ saṁyamya nāḍībhyāmākṛṣya pavanaṁ śanaiḥ|
Yathā lagati kaṇṭhāttu hṛdayāvadhi sasvanam||51||
Pūrvavatkumbhayetprāṇaṁ recayediḍayā tathā|
Śleṣmadoṣaharaṁ kaṇṭhe dehānalavivardhanam||52||
Śleṣmadoṣaharaṁ kaṇṭhe dehānalavivardhanam||52||
And now (atha), Ujjāyī --lit. the victorious one-- (ujjāyī):
After closing (saṁyamya) the mouth (mukham) (and) attracting --i.e. inhaling-- (ākṛṣya) gradually (śanaiḥ) the vital air (pavanam) through both subtle channels --i.e. Iḍā and Piṅgalā, which end in the nostrils-- (nāḍībhyām), so that (yathā) (the breath) is truly felt (lagati... tu) from the throat (kaṇṭhāt)down to (avadhi) the heart (hṛdaya) (and) produces a loud sound (sasvanam), (such a Yogī) should hold (his) breath (kumbhayet) as (vat) before (pūrva)(and) accordingly (tathā) exhale (recayet) the vital energy (prāṇam) through Iḍā (iḍayā) --the subtle channel ending in the left nostril--. (This Kumbhaka --i.e. stoppage and retention of breath-- called Ujjāyī) destroys (haram) the imbalances (doṣa) of the phlegm (śleṣma) in the throat (kaṇṭhe) (and) increases(vivardhanam) the digestive fire (deha-anala)||51-52||
नाडीजलोदराधातुगतदोषविनाशनम्।
गच्छता तिष्ठता कार्यमुज्जाय्याख्यं तु कुम्भकम्॥५३॥
Nāḍījalodarādhātugatadoṣavināśanam|
Gacchatā tiṣṭhatā kāryamujjāyyākhyaṁ tu kumbhakam||53||
गच्छता तिष्ठता कार्यमुज्जाय्याख्यं तु कुम्भकम्॥५३॥
Nāḍījalodarādhātugatadoṣavināśanam|
Gacchatā tiṣṭhatā kāryamujjāyyākhyaṁ tu kumbhakam||53||
(Also,) the Kumbhaka (kumbhakam) known as (ākhyam) Ujjāyī (ujjāyī) eliminates (vināśanam) the disorders (doṣa) related (gata) to the bodily constituents(dhātu), dropsy (jalodarā) (and) the subtle channels (nāḍī). (This Ujjāyīprāṇāyāma) can be certainly performed (kāryam... tu) while moving (gacchatā) (or)remaining still (tiṣṭhatā)||53||
This is a quite wonderful site with several important texts translated in a similar way
7 comments:
Hello Grim,
How many chapters has this book? I'm seeking for HYP that would contain fifth chapter translation (results and dangers of incorrect physical practice).
I recommend reading the HYP with Goraksha-Paddhati by Gorakhnath
http://gurugorakhnath.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/5693538-goraksha-paddhati
Interestingly, I presented this text to Ramaswami to inquire as to whether Krishnamacharya taught it and R said K did not, albeit Gorakhnath is mentioned in the HYP.
This is the four chapter version, there's a ten chapter vesion too isn't there, I've never looked into why or how that came about.
I ordered the Goraksha-Paddhati a couple of days ago anon, Svatmarama was Goraknath's disciple I believe. thanks for the link.
Here's the link to how the 10-chapter one came about. With link to the Indian publishers who sell it.
Presumably this would contain the dangers of incorrect practice?
http://www.jamesrussellyoga.co.uk/jamesrussellyoga/Blog/Entries/2012/2/6_Hatha_Yoga_PradipikaNow_available_in_10_chapters.html
Great link, thank you Chiara, will do a post on it.
Here's another outline of the same book but this time with descriptions of the ten chapters
http://www.traditionalyogastudies.com/2011/07/hatha-pradipika-by-gharote-and-devnath/
The ten chapters of the The Hatha-Yoga-Pradîpikâ—or more precisely the Hatha-Pradîpikâ cover the following topics:
Chapter 1 (59 stanzas): the elemental body ( bhûta-âtmaka-sharîra), six-limbed Yoga, moderate eating, the moral disciplines ( yama), and the practices of self-restraint ( niyama).
Chapter 2 (39 stanzas): fifteen postures
Chapter 3 (25 stanzas): the six purificatory acts (shat-karma)
Chapter 4 (70 stanzas): the eight types of breath control ( kumbhaka)
Chapter 5 (188 stanzas): the locks ( bandha) and seals ( mudrâ)-ten in all
Chapter 6 (42 stanzas): sensory inhibition, concentration, and meditation
Chapter 7 (67 stanzas): Raja-Yoga, khecârî-mudrâ, and the ecstatic process ( samâdhi-krama)
Chapter 8 (51 stanzas): cultivation of the inner sound ( nâda-anusandhâna)
Chapter 9 (42 stanzas): omens ( arishta) of imminent death
Chapter 10 (43 stanzas): the sacred syllable om, conscious dying
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