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 35

chaturashity asanani shivena kathitani cha |"
tebhyash chatushkam adaya sara-bhutam braviny aham ||35||

चतुरशीत्य् आसनानि शिवेन कथितानि च ।"
तेभ्यश् चतुष्कम् आदाय सारभूतं ब्रवीम्य् अहम् ॥३५॥

caturaśīty āsanāni śivena kathitāni ca ।"
tebhyaś catuṣkam ādāya sāra-bhūtaṁ bravīmy aham ॥35॥

Und 84 Asanas sind von Shiva beschrieben worden, |
von diesen sind vier als Essenz extrahiert worden. [Diese] beschreibe ich. ||35||


caturaśīty = 84
āsanāni = Asanas, Positionen
śivena = von Shiva
kathitāni = angegeben, beschrieben
ca = und

tebhyaś = von diesen
catuṣkam = 4
ādāya = genommen, extrahiert
sāra = hauptsächlich, Zusammenfassung, Höhepunkt
bhūtaṁ = werden, sein
sārabhūtaṁ = Essenz
bravīmy = beschreiben
aham = ich