Leer de Ashtanga opening mantra in Sanskriet

Ashtanga opening mantra

auṁ OM

vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde sandarśita svātma sukhāva bodhe

niḥ-śreyase jaṅgali-kāyamāne saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāṁtyai

ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ śaṁkhacakrāsi dhāriṇam

sahasra śirasaṁ śvetaṁ praṇamāmi patañjalim

OM