Patanjali Chant

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

the one who gave these things is the sage

patanjalim pranjalir anato'smi

Patanjali 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 patanjalim

I pay my respects to Patanjali