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Om
Vande gurunam charanaravinde
sandarshita svatma sukhavabodhe
nih shreyase jangalikayamane
samsara halahala mohashantyai
Abahu purushakaram
shankhachakrasi dharinam
sahasra shirasam shvetam
pranamami patanjalim
Om
I bow to the lotus feet of the supreme teacher who reveals the happiness of self-realization; who like the jungle doctor removes the delusion caused by the great poison of conditioned existence.
To Patanjali, who (representing the serpent of infinity) has thousands of white, radiant heads, who in his human form holds a conch (representing sound), a discus (representing light), and a sword (representing discrimination), I prostrate.
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In the year 3102 BCE, the emperor Yudishthira stepped down and awaited the death of Krishna and the beginning of the dark age (Kali Yuga). Due to the increasing materialism and corruption of that age, the ancient sages (rishis) retreated into the recesses of the Himalayas.