OPENING MANTRA
Vande Gurūṇāṁ Caraṇāravinde
Sandarśita-Svātma-Sukhāvabodhe
Niḥśreyase Jaṅgalikāyamāne
Saṁsāra-Hālāhala-Moha-Śāntyai
Ābāhu-Puruṣākāraṁ
Śaṅkha-Cakrāsi-Dhāriṇam
Sahasra-Śirasaṁ Śvetaṁ
Praṇamāmi Patañjalim
“I bow to the lotus feet of the Guru,
Who reveals the happiness of one’s true self.
Who acts as the jungle physician,
Pacifying the poison of delusion in the cycle of life.
To the one with a human form up to the shoulders,
Holding a conch, discus, and sword,
With a thousand radiant white heads,
I bow to Patanjali.”
MANGALA MANTRA
स्वस्ति प्रजाभ्यः परिपालयन्तां
न्यायेन मार्गेण महीं महीशाः
गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः शुभमस्तु नित्यं
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनोभवन्तु
ओं शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
Svasti Prajābhyaḥ Paripālayantāṃ
Nyāyena Mārgeṇa Mahīṃ Mahīśāḥ
Go-Brāhmaṇebhyaḥ Śubham Astu Nityaṃ
Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu
Oṃ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
May the rulers protect the people
By the path of righteousness
May there be welfare for cows and brahmins
May all beings everywhere be happy and free
Om Peace, Peace, Peace
