Shloka 14

Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi

Sanskrit

अपानाय द्वितीया तु समानायते चापरा ।

उदानाय चतुर्थो स्याद्व्यानायेति च पञ्चमी ॥

Transliteration

apānāya dvitīyā tu samānāyate cāparā | udānāya caturtho syād vyānāyeti ca pañcamī ||

Translation

Die zweite Oblation gilt Apāna; die nächste Samāna. Die vierte soll Udāna gelten, und die fünfte Vyāna.

Word by Word

• अपानाय: to apāna (downward vital air)
• अपानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; (dative singular)

• द्वितीया: the second
• द्वितीया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (feminine nominative singular); विशेषण of (आहुतिः understood)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: “but/indeed”)

• समानाय: to samāna (balancing vital air)
• समानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; (dative singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative: “thus”)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)

• अपरा: the next (one)
• अपरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (feminine nominative singular); “another/next” (आहुतिः understood)

• उदानाय: to udāna (upward vital air)
• उदानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; (dative singular)

• चतुर्थः: the fourth
• चतुर्थः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (masculine nominative singular); predicate with स्यात् (आहुतिः understood, or “(it) is the fourth”)

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, तृतीयपुरुष, एकवचन; (3rd person singular): “would be/should be”

• व्यानाय: to vyāna (pervading vital air)
• व्यानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; (dative singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative: “thus”)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)

• पञ्चमी: the fifth
• पञ्चमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (feminine nominative singular); “the fifth” (आहुतिः understood)

Speakers

• Didactic narrator

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Yoga physiology (pañca-vāyu)
• Internal ritual
• Mindful consumption

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The body is treated as a sacred system: nourishment is aligned with the five vital functions, encouraging restraint and awareness rather than heedless consumption.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma-yoga teaching; not genealogical/cosmological narration.

What is the esoteric significance?

The five vāyus are subtle ‘priests’ managing intake, digestion, ascent, and distribution. Offering to them implies harmonizing prāṇa so that food becomes ojas rather than agitation.