Invocation
Lord Vishnu is the primordial sound (Om).
May my speech be established in my mind; may my mind be established in my speech. Be manifest, be manifest to me. Be for me the bearer of the Veda; may what I have heard not abandon me. Through this study, I join days and nights. I shall speak what accords with right order; I shall speak truth. May that protect me; may that protect the speaker. May it protect me; may it protect the speaker.
Om, peace, peace, peace.
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I take refuge in Lord of the Ramā (insentient principle), Nārāyaṇa (the all pervading one), whose form is the embodiment of all complete qualities, who is omniscient, infallible, and free from all faults; who is the direct overlord of prāṇa (life essence), of all sentient and insentient beings, the Supreme Lord.
I take refuge in Lord of the Ramā (insentient principle), Nārāyaṇa (the all pervading one), whose form is the embodiment of all complete qualities, who is omniscient, infallible, and free from all faults; who is the direct overlord of prāṇa (life essence), of all sentient and insentient beings, the Supreme Lord.