Yoga Debrief: Invocation to Patanjali

Yogena cittasya padena vacam

malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena

yopakarottam pravaram muninam

patanjalim pranajaliranato'smi

abahu purusakaram

sankha cakrasi dharinam

sahasra sirasam svetam

pranamami patanjalim

Hare Aum

Let us bow before the noblest of sages, Patanjali,

who gave us yoga for serenity and sanctity of mind,

grammar for clarity and purity of speech,

and medicine for perfection of health.

Let us prostrate before Patanjali, an incarnation of Adisesa,

whose upper body had a human form,

whose arms hold a conch and a disc,

and who is crowned by a thousand-headed cobra.

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