योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन । योऽपाकरोत्तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि ॥
योगेनthrough Yoga
चित्तस्यof the mind
पदेनthrough grammar (the science of words)
वाचाम्of speech
मलम्impurity / blemish
शरीरस्यof the body
वैद्यकेनthrough medicine (Āyurveda)
अपाकरोत्removed / dispelled
प्रवरम्the foremost / most excellent
मुनीनाम्among sages
पतञ्जलिम्to Patañjali
प्राञ्जलिःwith folded hands
आनतोऽस्मिI bow / I am bowed down
I bow with folded hands to Patañjali, the foremost of sages, who removed the impurity of the mind through Yoga, of speech through grammar, and of the body through medicine.
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