The Ashtanga Invocation
vande gurunam charanaravinde sandarsita svatmasukhava bodhe nihsreyase jangalikayamane samsara halahala mohasantyai
abahu purusakaram sankhacakrasi dharinam sahasra sirasam svetam pranamami patanjalim om
Translation: 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 [...]



