The truth has been expounded by the venerable guru in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā, illuminated by the lamp of spiritual knowledge, the most excellent supreme light.

This verse functions as a kind of statement of authorship and purpose.Śrīguruṇā — by the venerable guru — Svātmārāma speaks of himself in the third person, or refers to the lineage of teachers whose teaching he transmits.Traditional humility attributes knowledge to the chain of transmission rather than to the individual.

Haṭhayogapradīpike — in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā — the text names itself.The title means “Light upon Haṭha Yoga”, and this verse plays on the metaphor of enlightenment.

Adhyātmajñānadīpena — by the lamp of spiritual knowledge.The text is a lamp that illuminates the path.Paramottamam prakāśam — the most excellent supreme light — is what is revealed: not technical information but the ultimate truth that the techniques facilitate.The Bihar School emphasizes that yoga texts are maps, not territories;the real practice is the journey.