Invocation of sage Patanjali

Innovation / beginning prayer before starting yoga:

Yogena Chittasya Padena Vacha

Malam Sharirasya Cha Vaidya Kena

Yopakarotham Pravaram Muninam

Patanjalim Pranjali Ranatosmi.  

I bow with folded hands to the supreme sage Patanjali, who eradicated the impurity of mind with Yogashastra (yoga), impurity of speech with Vyakarana Mahabhashya (grammar), and impurity of body with Ayurveda literature (medicine).