Ashtanga Yoga Mantra - Opening Prayer

Om
vande gurunam caranaravinde
sandarshita svatma sukha va bodhe
nih sreyase jangalika yamane
samsara halahala mohasahantyai
abahu purushakaram
shankacakrasi dharinam
sahasra shirasam svetam
pranamami Patanjalim

Om
English:
I pray to the lotus feet
of the supreme Guru
who teaches the good knowledge,
showing the way
to knowing the selfawakening great happiness;
who is the doctor of the jungle,
able to remove the poison
of the ignorance of conditioned existence.
To Patanjali, an incarnation of Adisesa,
white in color with 1000 radiant heads
(in his form as the divine serpent, Ananta),
human in torm below the shoulders
holding a sword(discrimination),
a wheel of fire(discus of light, representing infinite time),
and a conch(divine sound)
- to him, I prostrate.

（om）
我跪拜在大師的蓮花足下
發現自我，覺悟幸福
超越計較，行如叢林中的醫者
平靜污濁塵世中的妄想

Patanjali您是神的化身
靈性光芒在眾生頭頂發亮
人肩下手拿鑑別之劍
轉輪有如無窮無盡的時光
對祂發出神聖的有如貝殼之音
我伏拜致敬
（om）