Prayer Songs - Yogena Cittasya

 Prayer song for Patanjali Sage

    Sage Patanjali is believed to be a great sage with incredible power and knowledge. He is considered to be an incarnation of Adishesha, a serpent with a thousand heads. He was known as the father of yoga due to his remarkable classic text, “Patanjali Yoga Sutra,” from which the practice of yoga is derived. This prayer song is to praise his incredible creations. Patanjali Maharishi is believed to have a human form in his upper body, with a conch shell and a chakra in his arms. The meaning of the above sloka is as follows:

Let us bow down to the greatest sage Patanjali Maharishi, who gave yoga for peace and purity of mind, grammar for clarity and purity of speech and medicine for perfection of health.