OPENING MANTRA
Om
vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde
sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe
niḥśreyase jāṅgali kāyamāne
saṁsāra hālāhala moha śāntyai
ābāhupuruṣākāraṁ
śaṅkha cakrāsi dhāriṇam
sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ
praṇamāmi patañjalim
Om
praise and adorations to the lotus feet of the Gurus
for they reveal the happiness of the true Self
they are the refuge in the dark impenetrable forest of the mind
transforming endless poison and delusion into everlasting peace
homage to the great sage Patañjali
who has assumed the form of a luminous man
wielding a conch shell, a discus and a sword crowned by
a radiantly white, thousand-headed cobra
CLOSING MANTRA
svasti prajābhyaḥ paripāla yantām
nyāyena mārgeṇa mahīm mahīśāh
gobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śubhamastu nityam
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu
om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
may the leaders of the earth protect and guide us on the virtuous path
may this generation and all generations to come be blessed with auspiciousness
may all animals and knowers of divinity be blessed with eternal
prosperity may all beings in all worlds be happy
om peace peace peace