Invocation to Patanjali

Yogena cittasya padena vacam malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena yopakarottam pravaram muninam patanjalim pranajaliranato'smi abahu purusakaram sankha cakrasi dharinam sahasra sirasam svetam pranamami patanjalim. 

Let us acknowledge the noblest of sages, Patanjali,
who gave us:

~ Yoga (Sutras) for serenity and sanctity of mind.
~ Grammar (Sanskrit) for clarity and purity of speech. and
~ Medicine (Ayurveda) for perfection of health.

Let us give thanks and praise to Patanjali,
an incarnation of Adisesa,
whose upper body has a human form,
whose arms hold a conch and a disc,
and who is crowned by a thousand-headed cobra.