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 70

pithani kumbhakash chitra divyani karanani cha |"
sarvany api hathabhyase raja-yoga-phalavadhi ||70||

पीठानि कुम्भकाश् चित्रा दिव्यानि करणानि च ।"
सर्वाण्य् अपि हठाभ्यासे राजयोगफलावधि ॥७०॥

pīṭhāni kumbhakāś citrā divyāni karaṇāni ca ।"
sarvāṇy api haṭhābhyāse rāja-yoga-phalāvadhi ॥70॥

[Die Praxis beruht auf] Körperhaltungen, verschiedenen Kumbhakas und weiteren erhabenen Werkzeugen. |
In der Praxis des Hatha-Yoga führen all diese mit Sicherheit zur Frucht des Raja-Yoga. ||70||


pīṭhāni = Körperhaltungen, Asanas
kumbhakāḥ = Kumbhakas, Atemtechniken, beschrieben im zweiten Kapitel der Hatha-Yoga- Pradipika
citrāḥ = verschiedene
divyāni = göttliche, erhabene
karaṇāni = Mittel, Werkzeuge
ca = und

sarvāṇy = all diese
api = sicherlich, mit Sicherheit
haṭha = Hatha-Yoga
abhyāse = in der Praxis
rāja yoga = Raja-Yoga
phala = Frucht
avadhi = führen zu, schließen ab mit