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Invocation to Patanjali
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
he gave us these things, the sage
patañjalim 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 patañjalim
I pay my respects to Patañjali
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