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 54

sinhasanam bhaved etat pujitam yogi-pungavaih |"
bandha-tritaya-sandhanam kurute chasanottamam ||54||

सिंहासनं भवेद् एतत् पूजितं योगिपुङ्गवैः ।"
बन्धत्रितयसन्धानं कुरुते चासनोत्तमम् ॥५४॥

siṁhāsanaṁ bhaved etat pūjitaṁ yogi-puṅgavaiḥ ।"
bandha-tritaya-sandhānaṁ kurute cāsanottamam ॥54॥

Diese Position ist Simhasana. Sie wird von den besten Yogis verehrt. Sie bewirkt die Einheit der drei Bandhas und ist die Beste der Asanas. ||54||


siṁhāsanam = Simhasana, Löwen-Position
bhavet = ist
etad = dieses
pūjitam = verehrt
yogi = Yogi, Yogaübende
puṅgavaiḥ = Erhabene, Beste
bandha = Bandha, (Mula-Bandha, Uddiyana-Bandha, Jalandhara-Bandha), Energieleitung, Bündel
tritaya = von den drei
sandhānam = Einheit
kurute = bewirkt
ca = und
asanam = Asana, Körper-Position
uttamam = die beste