"Shuklaam baradharam vishnum
Shashi varnam chathur bhuja"Shuklaam baradharam vishnum
Shashi varnam chathur bhujam
Prasanna vadanam dhyaayet
Sarva vighnopa shaantaye"

We pray to Lord Vishnu
to remove all obstacles,
He who is clothed in dazzlingly pure clothes,
has four arms, is ever happy and smiling.

"Vyaasam vasishtha naptaaram
Shakteh pautrama kalmasham
Paraasharaatma jam vande
Suka taatam taponidhim"

I bow to Vyaasa,
the great grandson of Vasishtha,
the grandson of that pure sage Sakti,
son of Parashara and to the father of the great taponidhi Suka!

"Vyaasaaya vishnu ruupaaya
Vyaasa ruupaaya vishnave
Namo vai brahmanidhaye
Vaasishtaaya namo namah"

Salutations, again and again,
to Vyasa, a visible aspect of
Lord Vishnu and to Lord Vishnu who, in
Turn, is also a visible aspect of Vyasa,
The sage descended from Vasistha and a veritable treasure of
Vedik knowledge of Brahman.

"Avikaaraaya shuddhaaya nityaaya paramaatmane
Sadaika ruupa ruupaaya vishnave sarva jishnave"

Salutation to Lord Vishnu who is immutable
(unchangeable, not subject to any variation),
Who is inherently pure and eternal,
The Supreme soul who has a consistent
Undiversified form in all times and ages and is the conqueror of one and all.


"Vasya smarana maatrena janma sansaara bandhanaath
Vimuchyate namastasmai vishhnave prabhavishhnave"

My salutation to that all powerful deity,
Vishnu the mere contemplation of whose name frees all persons
from the bonds of sansara, the terrific cycle of birth and deathm
Prasanna vadanam dhyaayet
Sarva vighnopa shaantaye"