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 58

asanam kumbhakam chitram mudrakhyam karanam tatha |"
atha nada-anusandhanam abhyasa-anukramo hathe ||58||

आसनं कुम्भकं चित्रं मुद्राख्यं करणं तथा ।"
अथ नादानुसन्धानम् अभ्यासानुक्रमो हठे ॥५८॥

āsanaṁ kumbhakaṁ citraṁ mudrākhyaṁ karaṇaṁ tathā ।"
atha nāda-anusandhānam abhyāsa-anukramo haṭhe ॥58॥

Asana, Variationen von Kumbhaka [und] Übung von Mudra [heißen] diese Techniken. |
Dann kommt Konzentration auf den Klang. Das [ist] die Abfolge der Praxis im Hatha-Yoga. ||58||


āsanam = Asana, Körperhaltung
kumbhakaṁ = Kumbhaka, Atemtechniken beschrieben im 2. Kapitel der Hatha-Yoga- Pradipika
citram = Variationen
mudrā = Mudra
khyam = Praxis von
karaṇam = die Techniken
tathā = und auch, dann

atha = nun, jetzt
nāda = Ton, Klang
anusandhānam = Konzentration
abhyāsa = Praxis, Selbst-Disziplin
anukramḥ = Abfolge, Aufbau
haṭhe = im Hatha-Yoga