yogena cittasya padena vacam
Yoga for consciousness, grammar for speech

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malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena
medicine for the ills of the body;

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yopa karottam pravaram muninam
he gave us these things, the sage

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patañjalim pranjalir anato’smi
Patañjali, to whom I pay my respects.

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abahu purusakaram
His upper body (arms) of human form,

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sankha chakrasi dharinam
holding conch and disc,

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sahasra sirasam svetam
thousand headed cobra (over his head)

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pranamami patañjalim
I pay my respects to Patañjali