Invocation to Patañjali
Traditionally chanted at the beginning of practice.
yogena cittasya padena vācāṃ
malaṃ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena
yo’pākarot taṃ pravaraṃ munīnāṃ
patañjaliṃ prāñjalir ānato’smi
ābāhu puruṣākāraṃ
śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam
sahasraśirasaṃ śvetaṃ
praṇamāmi patañjalim
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ