I 32 - Recitation of Hatha Yoga Pradipika thirty-second verse first chapter

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.