Patanjali Mantraपतञ्जलि मंत्रम्Patañjali MaṁtramSalutation to Patanjali combined|Devanagari|phonetic|simplified|translation|explanation योगेन चित्तस्य, पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन । yogena cittasya, padena vācāṁ malaṁ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena | Through Yoga the Chitta, through grammar the language, and through medicine the physical body | योऽपाकरोत् तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिर् आनतोऽस्मि ॥ yo'pākarot taṁ pravaraṁ munīnāṁ patañjaliṁ prāñjalir ānato'smi || who among all those Sages handed this over I respectfully bow to Patanjali. 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
