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ASHTANGA CHANTS – Opening and Closing
Opening Mantra
Om
Vande gurunam charanaravinde
Sandarsita svatmasukhava bodhe
Nihsreyase jangalikayamane
Samsara halahala mohasantyai
Abahu purusakaram sankhacakrasi dharinam
Sahasra sirasam svetam
Pranamami patanjalim
Om
Om
I bow to the lotus feet of the guru
Who awakens insight into the happiness of pure Being,
Who is the final refuge, the jungle physician,
Who eliminates the delusion caused by the poisonous herb of samsara (conditioned existence).
I prostrate before the sage Patanjali
Who has thousands of radiant, white heads (in his form as the divine serpent, Ananta)
And, who has, as far as his arms,
Assumed the form of a man holding a conch shell (divine sound),
A wheel (discus of light, representing infinite time), and a sword (discrimination).
Om
Closing Mantra
Om
Swasthi-praja bhyah pari pala yantam
Nya-yena margena mahi-mahishaha
Go-bramanebhyaha-shuhamastu-niyam
Lokaa-samastha sukhino-bhavanthu
Om
Shantih, shantih, shantih
Om
May prosperity be glorified
May administrators rule the world with law and justice
May all things that are sacred be protected
And may people of the world be happy and prosperous
Om
Peace, peace, peace
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