Invocation to Patanjali (click to listen)
yogena cittasya padena vacam
malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena
yopakarottam pravaram muninam
patanjalim pranjaliranato smi
abahu purusakaram
sankha cakrasi dharinam
sahasra sirasam svetam
pranamani patanjalim
Meaning:
With hands to the heart I respectfully bow down to Patanjali, the noblest of sages. The one, who has removed the impurities of the mind (citta) by Yoga (yogena), impurities of speech (vacca) by words (pada), and impurities (malam) of the body (sarira) by medicine (vaidyakena)
I prostrate before Patanjali, whose upper body has a human (purusa) form (karam), whose arms hold a conch (sankha) and a disc (cakra) who is fair (svetam) and on whose head (sirasam) is a thousand (sahasra) hoods of the cobra, as he is the incarnation of Adishesha (seat of lord Vishnu).
Shanti Mantra
Sarve bhavantu sukhinah
Sarve santu niraamayaah
Sarve bhadraani pashyantu
Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet
Om shantih, shantih, shantih!
Meaning:
May all be happy! (sukhinah)
May all be free from disabilities! (niraamayaah)
May all look (pashyantu) to the good of others!
May none suffer from sorrow! (duhkha)
Om peace, peace, peace!
Guru Mantra
Gurur Brahmaa Gurur Vishnu
Gurur Devo Maheshwarah
Guru Saakshaata Parabrahma
Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah
Meaning:
Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu,
Guru is Maheshwara (Shiva),
Guru is Supreme Brahman Itself
Prostration to that Guru
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