Introductory Mantra

OM
VANDE GURUNAM CARANARAVINDE
SANDARSITA SVATMA SUKHAVA BODHE
NIH SREYASE JANGALIKAYAMANE
SAMSARA HALAHALA M0HASANTYAI
ABAHU PURUSAKARAM
SANKHACAKRASI DHARINAM
SAHASRA SIRASAM SVETAM
PRANAMAMI PATANJALIM
OM
OM
pray at the lotus feet of the supreme guru who teaches the
good knowledge, showing the way to knowing the
self-awakeninggreat happiness;who is the doctor of the
jungle, able to remove he poison of the ignorance of
conditioned existence. To Patanjali, an incarnation of Adisesa,
white in color with 1000 radiant heads, human in form below
the shoulders holding a sword, a wheel of fire, and a conch,
to him I prostrate
OM