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 53

hastau tu janvoh sansthapya svangulih samprasarya cha |"
vyatta-vaktro nirikseta nasagram susamahitah ||53||

हस्तौ तु जान्वोः संस्थाप्य स्वाङ्गुलीः सम्प्रसार्य च ।"
व्यात्तवक्त्रो निरीक्षेत नासाग्रं सुसमाहितः ॥५३॥

hastau tu jānvoḥ saṁsthāpya svāṅgulīḥ samprasārya ca ।"
vyātta-vaktro nirīkṣeta nāsāgraṁ susamāhitaḥ ॥53॥

Die Hände werden auf den Knien platziert, die Finger weit gespreizt und der Mund geöffnet, es soll konzentriert auf die Nasenspitze geblickt werden. ||53||


hastau = Hand
jānvoḥ = auf den Knien
saṁsthāpya = platziert
sva = seine
aṅgulīḥ = Finger
samprasārya = weit gespreizt
ca = und

vyātta = geöffnet, offen
vaktrḥ = Mund
nirīkṣeta = blicken
nāsāgram = auf die Nasenspitze
susamāhitaḥ = konzentriert