Invocation:
yogena cittasya padena vacam
Yoga for consciousness, grammar for speech
malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena
medicine for the ills of the body;
yopa karottam pravaram muninam
the one who gave these things is the sage
patanjalim pranjalir anato’smi
Patañjali to whom I pay my respects.
abahu purusakaram
his upper body (arms) of human form,
sankha chakrasi dharinam
holding conch and disc,
sahasra sirasam svetam
thousand headed cobra (over his head)
pranamami patanjalim
I pay my respects to Patañjali
