yogena cittasya padena vacam
(yo-gay-nuh chich-tah-syuh pah-day-nuh vah-cham)

malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena
(mah-lahm shah-ree-rah-syuh chuh vy-dyuh-kay-nuh)

yo pakarottam pravaram muninam
(yo-pah kar-oh-tahm prah-vah-rahm moo-nee-nahm)

patanjalim pranjaliranato smi
(pah-tahn-jah-lim prahn-jah-leer ah-nah-to-smee)


abahu prursakaram
(ah-bah-hoo-poo-roo-shah-kar-ahm)

sankha cakrasi dharinam
(shahn-kah chah-krah-see dar-ee-nahm)

shasra sirasam svetam
(sah-hah-srah sheer-ah-sahm shvay-tahm)

pranamami patanjalim
(prah-nuh-mah-mee pah-tahn-jah-lim)



English

Let us bow before the noblest of sages Patanjali,
who gave yoga for serenity and sanctity of mind,
grammar for clarity and purity of speech
and medicine for perfection of health.

Let us prostrate before Patanjali,
an incarnation of Adisesa,
whose upper body has a human form,
whose arms hold a conch and a disc,
and who is crowned by a thousand-headed cobra.