Asthanga Opening Mantra

Chant: Om vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe | niḥ-śreyase jaṅgali–kāyamāne saṁsāra hālāhala moha-śāntyai || ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ śankha – cakr – āsi dhāriṇam | sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ praṇamāmi patañjalim || Om

Translation:
I bow to the lotus feet of the Supreme Teacher/Guru who reveals the happiness of Self-Realisation/Pure being which is beyond any joy we have experienced (beyond better):
who like the jungle physician removes the delusion caused by the great poison (Hala Hala) of conditioned existence (Samsara)

I prostrate before the sage Patanjali, who has thousands of radiant, white heads (as the divine serpent, Ananta) and who has, as far as his arms, assumed the form of a man holding a conch shell (divine sound), a wheel (discus of light or infinite time) and a sword (discrimination).

Transcript

Vande Guru Nacharana Ravinde Sandar Sita Swatma Sukha Vabodhe Nishreyase Jangali Kayamane Samsara Hala Hala Moha Shantye Abaho Purusha Karam Sangha Chakra Siddharinam Saharsa Shirasam Svetam Pranamami Padam I bow to the lotus feet of the Guru Who reveals the happiness of Self-realization Which is behind any joy we have experienced Who,

Like the jungle physician,

Removes the delusion Caused by the great poison of conditioned existence I prostrate before the sage Patanjali Who has thousands of radiant white hands And who has,

As far as his arms,

Assumed the form of a man Holding a coach shell,

The divine sound A wheel,

The disc of light And a swirl,

The discrimination