Invocation to Sage Patanjali
(In English)

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.
Let us prostrate before Lord Adisesa who manifested
himself on earth as Patanjali to grace the human
race with health and harmony.

Let us salute Lord Adisesa of the myriad serpent heads and
mouths carrying noxious poisons, discarding which he came
to earth as single-headed Patanjali in order to eradicate
ignorance and vanquish sorrow. Let us pay our obeisance
to Him, repository of all knowledge, amidst his attendant
retinue. Let us pray to the Lord whose primordial form
shines with pure and white effulgence, pristine in body,
a master of yoga who bestows on us his yogic light
to enable mankind to rest in the house if the immortal soul.