Ashtanga Yoga Mantra

अष्टाङ्गयोग मंत्रम्

Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga Maṁtram

The Ashtanga Yoga Mantra

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ॐ
auṁ
OM
वन्दे गुरुणां चरणारविन्दे
सन्दर्शित स्वात्म सुखाव बोधे ।
vande guruṇāṁ caraṇāravinde
sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe |
A great Teacher led the way.
He shows the path to happiness and self-knowledge.
निः श्रेयस जाङ्गलिकायमाने
संसार हालाहल मोहशान्त्यै ॥
niḥ śreyasa jāṅgalikāyamāne
saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāntyai ||
Like a Shaman in the Jungle he brings total complete well-beeing.
He can even heal the most awful poision of conditioning and illusion.
आबाहु पुरुषाकारं
शङ्खचक्रासि धारिणम् ।
ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ
śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam |
The upper body of human shape, carrying
a mussel horn (original tone), a discus (infinity) and a sword (power of differentiation)
सहस्र शिरसं श्वेतं
प्रणमामि पतञ्जलिम् ॥
sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ
praṇamāmi patañjalim ||
having 1000 bright heads,
I bow to Patanjali.
ॐ
auṁ
om

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