OPENING PRAYER
vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde
sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe |
niḥśreyase jāṅgali kāyamāne
saṁsāra hālāhala moha śāntyai ||
ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ
śaṅkha cakrāsi dhāriṇaṁ |
sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ
praṇamāmi patañjaliṃ ||
I prostrate at the Lotus feet of the Guru
and contemplate the awakened joy of my Soul
the ultimate refuge, the healer who
soothes the poison of repeated existences.
I bow down to Patanjali
who took the form of a luminous man
with a thousand serpent's heads, and who holds
a conch, a disc and a sword.
CLOSING PRAYER
svastiprajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṁ
nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīṣāḥ |
gobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṁ
lokāsamastāḥ sukhino bhavantu ||
Om may Prosperity be glorified
that the Leaders govern the world with justice and equity
May Providence and Knowledge be protected
May the peoples of the whole world be happy and prosperous.
Om peace peace peace.