Invocation To Patanjali

Yogena  cittasya  padena  vacam
(yo-gay-nuh  chih-tah-syuh  pah-day-nuh  vah-chahm)

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

yopakarottam  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  purusakaram
(ah-bah-hoo  poo-roo-shah-kar-ahm)

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

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

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

Hari Om

One interpretation of this
Invocation ....

Let us offer our respects to the noblest of sages, Patanjali,

Who gave Yoga for serenity of mind,

Grammar for purity of speech,

and Medicine for perfection of the body, I bow.

I prostrate before Patanjali,

Whose upper body has a human form,

Whose arms hold a conch and disc,

Who is crowned by a thousand-headed cobra,

O incarnation of Adisesa, my salutations to thee.