नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरंचैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतिं व्यास ततो जय मुदीरयेत् ॥
Meaning:
Saluting Narayana, the human and the best of humans, Devi Sarasvati, and Vyas from which the victory will originate.
Word meanings:
नारायणं = Vishnu;
नमस्कृत्य = having bowed or saluted;
नरन् = human, man;
च = also;
एव = alone; only; here it would mean `indeed’;
नरोत्तमं = most high or best man;
देवीं = goddess;
सरस्वतिं = Goddess Sarasvati;
व्यास = relating to the sage Vyasa;
ततो = then;
जय = at (M.nom.) victory;
