Prārthanā Ślokam – Patañjali Opening Dhyānaṃ Ślokam with Translation

Series

1. Prārthanā Ślokam - Śuklām Opening Verse with Translation
2. Prārthanā Ślokam - Gurubhyastad Verse for all Teachers with Translation
3. Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad – Ṛtaṃ Tapas as Mantra Practice with translation
4. Śānti Pataḥ - Saha Nāvavatu with Translation
5. Prārthanā Mantraḥ - Gaṇapati Saṃhitā Pāṭhaḥ with Translation
6. Śrī Kṛṣṇavāgīśa - A Prayer to Śrī Krishnamacharya with Translation
7. Yogena Yogo - Opening Yoga Prayer for Yoga Practice with Translation
8. Kayena Vāca - Closing Prayers for Yoga Sūtra Chanting with Translation
9. Kayena Vāca - Closing Prayers for Veda Chanting with Translation
10. Laghu Nyāsaḥ – Agnir Me Prayer for Health with Translation
11. Gāyatrī Mantra as taught by T Krishnamacharya - with translation
12. Prārthanā Ślokam - Patañjali Opening Dhyānaṃ Ślokam with Translation (This post)

This is a translation of part of the Opening Prayers as taught to TKV Desikachar by T Krishnamacharya and taught by TKV Desikachar to his personal students.

View or Download the Prārthanā Ślokam (Request Prayer) - Dhyānaṃ Ślokam relative to Patañjali.

योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन ।
योऽपाकरोत् तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि ॥

yogena cittasya padena vācāṃ malaṃ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena |
yo’pākarot taṃ pravaraṃ munīnāṃ patañjaliṃ prāñjalirānato’smi ||

  ‘Yoga for the psyche,
 grammar for speech and medicine for impurities of the body.
Coming from the lineage of teachers, to Patañjali I salute.’

आबाहु पुरुषाकारं शङ्खचक्रासि धारिणम् ।
सहस्र शिरसं श्वेतं प्रणमामि पतञ्जलिम् ॥

ābāhu puruṣākāraṃ śaṅkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam |
sahasra śirasaṃ śvetaṃ praṇamāmi patañjalim ||

 ‘Up to the shoulders human form, holding conch, disc, sword.
One thousand heads white to Patañjali I salute.’

श्रीमते अनन्ताय नागराय नमो नमः ॥

śrīmate anantāya nāgarājāya namo namaḥ ||

 ‘To venerable, eternal serpent king, Nāga, my reverences.’

It was learnt by heart as a Bhāvanam for Dhyānaṃ, to create a meditational mood linked to Patañjali prior to commencing either chanting practice or textual study of the Yoga Sūtra.

View or Download the Prārthanā Ślokam (Request Prayer) – Śuklām Opening Verse with Translation

View or Download the Prārthanā Ślokam (Request Prayer) – Gurubhyastad Opening Verse with Translation

View or Download the Prārthanā Ślokam (Request Prayer) - Dhyānaṃ Ślokam relative to Patañjali.

Listen or Download the Yoga Sūtra Dhyānaṃ Ślokam by TKV Desikachar as a sound file.

View or Download the Yoga Sūtra Full Opening Prayers with Chant Notations (without translation)

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