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OPENING CHANT
At the beginning of every Ashtanga yoga class, the teacher will take a moment to lead the students in chanting a few lines of Sanskrit.
As you chant, you close your eyes and focus your attention inward to prepare yourself for the rigors of the class.

Literally, the chant refers to the tradition of honoring the wisdom of the teachers who passed down the ancient yoga traditions.
In a practical sense, the chant helps you mark a division between your everyday activities and the Ahstanga class that is about to begin.

OM
vande gurunam caranaravinde
sandarsita svatmasukhava bodhe
nishreyase jangalikayamane
samsara halahala mohasantyai

abahu purusakaram
sankhacakrasi dharinam
sahasra sirasam svetam
pranamami patanjalim
OM

-------------------prevod v Angleščino-----------------------

I bow to the two lotus feet of the Gurus
which awaken insight into the happiness of pure Being,
which are the refuge, the jungle physician,
which eliminate the delusion caused by the poisonous herb of Samara (conditioned existence)

I prostrate before the sage Patanjali
who has thousands of radiant, white heads (as the divine serpent, Ananta)
and who has, as far as his arms, assumed the form of a man
holding a conch shell (divine sound), a wheel (discus of light or infinite time) and a sword (discrimination)
OM

-------------------prevod v Angleščino po besedah-----------------------

vande/bow gurunam/to the plurality of gurus caranaravinde/two lotus feet
sandarsita/to bring to sight svatma/pure Being sukhava/happiness bodhe/awakened
nishreyase/refuge jangalikayamane/jungle hut (meaning shaman, jungle physician)
samsara/conditioned existence halahala/poison moha/delusion santyai/peace

abahu/down to the shoulders purusakaram/assumes the form of a man
sankha/conch shell cakra/a wheel (discus of light or infinite time) asi/sword (of discrimination) dharinam/holding
sahasra/thousands sirasam/heads svetam/radiant, white
pranamami/prostrate patanjalim/the sage Patanjali
OM

Here are also the numbers you may hear during practice:
1. ekam
2. dve
3. trini
4. catvari
5. panca
6. sat
7. sapta
8. astau
9. nava
10. dasa
11. ekadasa
12. dvadasa
13. trayodasa
14. caturdasa
15. pancadasa
16. sodasa
17. saptadasa

 

 

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