MANTRA & CHART

-ASHTANGA YOGA MANTRA -

Opening Mantra

vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde

sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe |

niḥ-śreyase jaṅgali-kāyamāne

saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāṁtyai ||

ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ

śaṁkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam |

sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ

praṇamāmi patañjalim ||

I bow to the lotus feet of the Supreme Guru

which awaken insight into the happiness of pure Being,

which are the refuge, the jungle physician,

which eliminate the delusion caused by the poisonous herb of Samsara (conditioned existence).

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).

-MANGALA MANTRA -

Closing Mantra

svasti-prajā-bhyaḥ pari-pāla-yaṁtāṁ nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ

go-brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śubham-astu nityaṁ lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino-bhavaṁtu

auṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

May the rulers of the earth keep to the path of virtue

For protecting the welfare of all generations.

May the religious, and all peoples be forever blessed,

May all beings everywhere be happy and free

Om peace, peace, perfect peace

-ASHTANGA PRIMARY SERIES CHART -