"Yoga is severance from the union with pain. This yoga should be practised with determination and with an undaunted mind".
The Bhagavad Gita
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Invocation to Patanjali
योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन ।
योऽपाकरोत् तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि ॥
ॐ
आबाहु पुरुषाकारं शङ्खचक्रासि धारिणम् ।
सहस्र शिरसं श्वेतं प्रणमामि पतञ्जलिम् ॥
ॐ
yogena cittasya padena vācāṃ
malaṃ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena |
yo’pākarot taṃ pravaraṃ munīnāṃ
patañjaliṃ prāñjalirānato’smi ||
ābāhu puruṣākāraṃ
śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam |
sahasra śirasaṃ śvetaṃ
praṇamāmi patañjalim ||
ॐ
Let us bow before the
noblest of sages, Patanjali,
who gave yoga for serenity
and sanctity of mind,
grammar for clarity and purity of speech,
and medicine for perfection of health.
Let us prostrate before Patanjali, an incarnation of Adisesa,
whose upper body has a human form,
whose arms hold a conch and a disc,
and who is crowned by a thousand-headed cobra.
ॐ
Guru Mantra
गुरुर् ब्रह्मा गुरुर् विष्णुर् गुरुर् देवो महेश्वरः /
गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः //
ॐ
gurur brahmā, gurur viṣnu;
gurur devo maheśvaraḥ.
guruh sākṣat paraṃbrahma;
tasmai śri gurave namaḥ".
ॐ
The guru is Brahma, the creator,
the guru is Vishnu, the preserver,
and the guru is Shiva, the destroyer.
The guru is the Absolute.
I bow before this guru.
ॐ
Śanti Mantras
ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
सर्वे शन्तु निरामयाः ।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु ।
मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।
ॐ
Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ
Sarve santu nirāmayāḥ
Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu
Mā kaśchit duḥkha bhāgbhavet
Oṁ śantih śantih śantih
ॐ
May all beings be prosperous and happy
May all beings be free from illness
May all beings see what
is spiritually uplifting
May no one suffer
Om peace, peace, peace
ॐ
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
ॐ
pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaḿ
pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate.
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya
pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate.
Oṁ śantih śantih śantih
ॐ
Om.
That is complete, this is complete;
from the complete, completeness becomes manifest;
taking away the complete
from completeness,
completeness remains.
Om peace, peace, peace
ॐ
ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु ।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।
तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु ।
मा विद्विषावहै ।
शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
ॐ
OM saha navavatu
saha nau bhunaktu
saha viryam karavavahai
tejasvi navadhitamastu
ma vidvisavahai
Oṁ śantih śantih śantih
ॐ
May both of us together be protected
May both of us together be nourished
May we work together with great energy
May our study together
be brilliant and effective
May we not hate or dispute
with each other
Om peace, peace, peace
ॐ
