Primary Series Invocation

Ever wonder what the invocation for primary series means? Here is the translation from Sanskrit to English:

Om
vande gurunam charanaravinde
sandarshita svatma sukhava bodhe
nih shreyase jangalikayamane
samsara halahala mohasantyai
abahu purusharakam
sankhachakrasi dharinam
sahasra shirsam svetam
pranamami patanjalim
Om

Om
I bow to the lotus feet of the
Supreme Guru who teaches the good
knowledge, that awakens us to great happiness;
who is the doctor of the jungle,
able to remove the poison
of conditioned existence.
To Pantanjali, an incarnation of Adisesa, white
in color with one thousand radiant heads,
holding a sword, a wheel of fire and a
conch, I prostrate,
om

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