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1 Salutation to Âdinātha (Siva) who expounded the knowledge of Hatha Yoga, which like a staircase leads the aspirant to the high pinnacled Rāja Yoga.

2 Yogin Swātmārāma, after saluting her Gurû Srinātha explains Hatha Yoga for the attainment of Rāja Yoga.

3 Owing to the darkness arising from the multiplicity of opinions people are unable to know the Rāja Yoga. Compassionate Swātmārāma composes the Hatha Yoga Pradipikā like a torch to dispel it.

4 Matsyendra, Goraksa, etc., knew Hatha Vidyā, and by their favor Yogi Swātmārāma also learnt it from them.

5 The following Siddhas (masters) are said to have existed in former times:- Sri Adinātha (Siva), Matsyendra, Nātha, Sābar, Anand, Bhairava, Chaurangi, Mina Nātha, Goraksanātha, Virupāksa, Bilesaya.

6 Manthāna, Bhairava, Siddhi Buddha, Kanthadi, Karantaka, Surānanda, Siddhipāda, Charapati.

7 Kāneri, Pujyapāda, Nityanātha, Niranjana, Kapāli, Vindunātha, Kāka Chandiswara.

8 Allāma, Prabhudeva, Ghodā, Choli, Tintini, Bhānuki, Nardevā, Khanda Kāpālika, etc.

9 These Mahāsiddhas (great masters), breaking the sceptre of death, are roaming in the universe.

10 Like a house protecting one from the heat of the sun, Hatha Yoga protects its practisers from the burning heat of the three Tāpas; and, similarly, it is the supporting tortoise, as it were, for those who are constantly devoted to the practice of Yoga.

11 A yogi or yogini desirous of success should keep the knowledge of Hatha Yoga secret; for it becomes potent by concealing, and impotent by exposing.

12 The Yogi or Yogini should practice Hatha Yoga in a small room, situated in a solitary place, being 4 cubits square, and free from stones, fire, water, disturbances of all kinds, and in a country where justice is properly administered, where good people live, and food can be obtained easily and plentifully.

13 The room should have a small door, be free from holes, hollows, neither too high nor too low, well plastered with cow-dung and free from dirt, filth and insects. On its outside there should be bowers, raised platform (chabootrā), a well, and a compound. These characteristics of a room for Hatha Yogis and Hatha Yoginis have been described by adepts in the practice of Hatha.

14 Having seated in such a room and free from all anxieties, one should practice Yoga, as instructed by his or her gurû .

15 Yoga is destroyed by the following six causes:-- Over-eating, exertion, talkativeness, adhering to rules, i.e., cold bath in the morning, eating at night, or eating fruits only, company of men, and unsteadiness.

16 The following six bring speedy success:-- Courage, daring, perseverance, discriminative knowledge, faith, aloofness from company.

17 The ten rules of conduct are: ahimsâ (non-injuring), truth, non-stealing, continence, forgiveness, endurance, compassion, meekness, sparing diet, and cleanliness.

18 The ten niyamas mentioned by those proficient in the knowledge of Yoga are: Tapa, patience, belief in God, charity, adoration of God, hearing discourses on the principles of religion, shame, intellect, Tapa and Yajna.