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,-Upadesha 3, (Ch.-3, V.-111)

पुच्छे प्रगृह्य भुजङ्गीं सुप्तां उद्बोधयेच्च ताम् । निद्रां विहाय सा शक्तिरूर्ध्वं उत्तिष्ठते हठात् ॥ ३.१११ ॥

pucche pragṛhya bhujaṅgīṃ suptāṃ udbodhayecca tām । nidrāṃ vihāya sā śaktirūrdhvaṃ uttiṣṭhate haṭhāt ॥ 3.111 ॥

Pucche: on the tail (Puchchha) Pragṛhya: grasping ("taking hold", pra + grah) Bhujaṅgīṁ: snake (Bhujangi) Suptām: sleeping (supta) Udbodhayet: to awaken (ud + budh) Ca: and, but (Cha) Tām: the (Tad) Nidrāṁ: (the) sleep (nidra) Vihāya: surrendering, leaving (vi + hā) Sā: this (Tad) Śaktiḥ: energy, power (Shakti) Ūrdhvam: upwards, upwards (Urdhva) Uttiṣṭhate: moves ("stands up, rises", ud + sthā) Haṭhāt: with power, inevitably, undeterred (Hatha) || 111 ||


This sleeping she-serpent should be awakened by catching hold of her tail. By the force of Hatha, the Shakti leaves her sleep and moves upwards.



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