धरामवष्टभ्य करद्वयेन
तत्कूर्परस्थापितनाभिपार्श्वः ।
उच्चासनो दण्डवद् उत्थितः खे
मायूरम् एतत् प्रवदन्ति पीठम् ॥३२॥
Listen to the recitation of the thirty-second verse first chapter of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and recite these Hatha Yoga Pradipika Shlokas before practising any Hatha Yoga:
dharam avashtabhya kara dvayena
tat kurpara sthapita nabhi parshvah |
uchchasano danda vad utthitah khe
mayuram etat pravadanti pitham ||32||
If you want to recite along or just read the Sanskrit text (Devanagari and Roman Script), just go to Hatha Yoga Pradipika I 32
Hatha Yoga Pradipika is the most important classical text on the theory and practice of Hatha Yoga.