नमोऽस्तु ते व्यास विशालबुद्धे फुल्लारविन्दायतपत्रनेत्र ।
येन त्वया भारततैलपूर्णः प्रज्वालितो ज्ञानमयप्रदीपः ॥
Meaning:
Oh! Salutations to Vyas with grand knowledge and eyes like the wide leaf of a fully blossomed lotus, (since) it was you who lighted the lamp of Knowledge filled with the oil (in the form) of mahAbhArata.
Word meanings:
नमोऽस्तु = let there be (astu) my or our bowing or salutation
(namaH) to you (te);
ते = to you([4]) or your([6]) (here:[4].);
व्यास = Hey Vyasa ([7]);
विशालबुद्धे = Oh! the one with extensive knowledge;
फुल्लारविन्दायतपत्रनेत्र = the one with eyes (netra);
like the wide leaf (Ayatapatra) of a fully blossomed (phulla) lotus;
(aravi.nda) ([7]);
येन = by whom([3]);
त्वया = by you([3]);
भारततैलपूर्णः = filled (pUrNaH) with oil (taila) of mahAbhArata;
प्रज्वालितो = the kindled into flames; inflamed; lighted;
ज्ञानमयप्रदीपः = the light or lamp (pradIpaH) wholly made up of
or full of knowledge (j~nAnamayaH);
