Invocation to Patanjali - Iyengar Yoga Opening Mantra with meaning

Описание: Group chant during the Iyengar Yoga Sessions at AYM Yoga School, Rishikesh
Start your yoga with mantras, Chanting mantras is a wonderful way to start a yoga practice as the body benefits from the vibrations and the mind is solely focussed on the task. Greetings Patanjali, a prayer honouring and expressing respect to Patanjali, the Indian sage, and author of The Yoga Sutras.
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 ||
Meaning:
1: (I bow down to him who purifies the impurities) of the Mind (by removing the Chitta Vrittis) by Yoga, (who purifies the expression of) Speech by Pada (Grammar) ...
2: ...and (who purifies the) impurities of the Body through Vaidya (Medical Science), ...
3: ... He who is an expert in removing (the impurities of the Body, Mind, and Speech), to that most excellent of Munis, ...
4: ... (Who is) Patanjali, I bow down with folded hands.
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