The first chapter of Svatmarama’s Hatha yoga Pradipika, „Prathamo Padeshah“, is about diet and physical exercises (Asanas).

Hatha Pradipika

hatha (हठ, haṭha) = Name of the described yoga style, Sun Moon
yoga (योग, yoga) = Yoga
pradipika (प्रदिपिका, pradipikā) = illumination, bright light
hatha-yoga-pradipika (हठयोगप्रदिपिका, haṭha-yoga-pradipikā) = The illumination of Hatha yoga, Light on Hatha yoga

Prathamopadeshah

Sentence 41

chaturashiti-pitheshu siddham eva sadabhyaset |"
dvasaptati-sahasranam nadinam mala-shodhanam ||41||

चतुरशीतिपीठेषु सिद्धम् एव सदाभ्यसेत् ।"
द्वासप्ततिसहस्राणां नाडीनां मलशोधनम् ॥४१॥

caturaśīti-pīṭheṣu siddham eva sadābhyaset ।"
dvāsaptati-sahasrāṇāṁ nāḍīnāṁ mala-śodhanam ॥41॥

Von den 84 Positionen soll Siddhasana wahrlich immer geübt werden. Sie reinigt die 72 Tausend Energiekanäle (Nadi) von Verunreinigungen. ||41||


caturaśīti = 84
pīṭheṣu = Körperhaltungen, Positionen, Asanas
siddham = Position der Erleuchteten, Siddhasana, Name der Position
eva = wahrlich
sadā = immer
abhyaset = üben (imp.)
dvāsaptati = 72
sahasrāṇām = Tausend
nāḍīnāṁ = Energie-Kanal, Nadi
mala = Verunreinigungen, Übel
śodhanam = reinigen