| Astanga Yoga Mantra OM Vande Gurunam Caranaravinde Sandarsita svatma sukhava bodhe Nih sreyase jangalikayamane Samsara halahala mohasantyai Abahu purusakaram Sankhacakrasi dharinam Sahasra sirasam svetam Pranamami Patanjalim OM I pray to the lotus feetof the supreme Guru who teaches the good knowledge, showing the way to knowing the self awakening great happiness; who is the doctor of the jungle, able to remove the poisonof the ignorance of conditioned existence. To Patanjali, an incarnation of Adisesa, white in color with 1000 radiant heads, a wheel of fire (discus of light, representing infinite time), and a conch – To him, I prostrate. |