"This volume is meant primarily to respond to a request made by many International visitors to Sivananda Ashram, who are unfamiliar with the Sanskrit language, but who wish to participate meaningfully in the morning and evening recitations of the Mantra herein. Our intent, therefore, in not a scholarly-perfect transliteration, but rather on intended for ease in sight-reading by out International guests. Web believe that, with practice, the ear will pick up the nuances of intonation and pronunciation."