Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Mantraḥ

Opening Mantraḥ

Om
vande gurūnām charanāravinde
sandarśita svātma sukhāvabodhe ǀ
niḥśreyase jāṅgalikāyamāne saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāntyai ǁ

Ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam ǀ
sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ praṇamāmi patañjalim ǁ
Om

I bow to the lotus feet of the supreme teacher
who reveals the happiness of self-realisation:
who like the jungle doctor removes the delusion
caused by the great poison of conditioned existence.

To Patanjali, who (representing the serpent of infinity)
has thousands of white, radiant heads,
who in his human form holds a conch,
a discus and a sword,
I prostrate.

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Maṅgala Mantraḥ

Om
svastiprajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṁ
nyāyena mārgena mahīṁ mahīśāḥ

gobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṁ
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhinobhavantu

Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

May all be well with humankind.
May the leaders of the earth protect it in every way
by keeping to the right path.
May there be goodness for those who know the earth to be sacred.
May all the worlds be happy.
May there be peace, peace, perfect peace.