Opening mantra

वन्दे गुरूणां चरणारविन्दे सन्दर्शितस्वात्मसुखावबोधे

निःश्रेयसे जाङ्गलिकायमाने संसारहालाहलमोहशान्त्यै

Oṃ

vande gurūnāṃ caraṇāravinde sandarśita-svātma-sukhāvabodhe

niḥśreyase jāṅgalikāyamāne saṃsāra-hālāhala-moha-śāntyai

ābāhu-puruṣākāraṃ śaṅkha-cakrāsi-dhāriṇam

sahasra-śirasaṃ śvetaṃ praṇamāmi patañjalim

I bow to the two lotus feet of the gurus,

Through which the understanding of the happiness in my own Soul has been revealed.

My ultimate refuge, acting like a snake doctor,

For the pacifying of the delusions caused by the poison of cyclic existence.

Who has the form of a human up to the arms,

Bearing a conch, a discus and a sword.

White, with a thousand heads,

I bow to Patañjali.

– translated by Zoë Slatoff