Salutation to the gurus

N||r|y~, p!uv, vis, zi, c tTpu]pr|zr, c

Vy|s, zuk, gOp|d, mh|Nt, goivNdyogINm|Sy izWym\
I zr|c|yRm|Sy pp|d, c hStm|lk, c izWym\
t, toqk, v|itRkk|rmNy|n\ aSmd\gun\ s,ttm|ntoiSm

N!r!ya"a# padmabhuva# vasi$%ha# &akti# ca tat-putra-par!&ara# ca
vy!sa# &uka# gau'ap!da# mah!nta# govinda-yog(ndram-ath!sya &i$yam
&ri &ankar!c!rya#-ath!sya padma-p!da# ca hast!malaka# ca &i$yam
ta# to%aka# v!rtika-k!ram-any!n asmad-gur)n sa#tatam-!natosmi.

N!r!ya"am to N!r!ya"a
padmabhuvam to the lotus-born One (Brahm!)
vasi$%ham to Vasi#$ha
&aktim to %akti
ca tat-putra par!&aram and to his son Par!&ara
ca and
vy!sam to Vy!sa
&ukam to %uka
gau'ap!da# mah!ntam to the great Gau'ap!da
govinda-yogi-indram to Govinda, Lord of yogis
atha-asya &i$yam also to his student
&ri &ankar!c!ryam to %ri %ankar!c!rya
atha-asya &i$yam also to his student
padmap!dam ca and to Padmap!da
hast!malakam ca and to Hast!malaka,
ta# to%akam to that To$aka
v!rtika-k!ram to the writer of v!rtikas (Sure&vara)
any!n to others
asmad-gur)n to our (present)teacher
sa#tatam- always
!nata* asmi, I remain bowed.

I remain bowed to N!r!ya"a, to (his son) the lotus-born (Brahm!), to (his son)
Va&i#$ha, and (his son) %akti, and his son Par!&ara, and (his son) Vy!sa and (his son)
%uka
(Here ends the daiva lineage of teaching from father to son; and starts the +$i lineage from guru to disciple)
And I remain bowed to the great Gau'ap!da, to (his disciple) Govinda, and to his
disciple %ri %ankar!c!rya and his (four) disciples: Padmap!da, Hast!malaka, To$aka
and the writer of v!rtikas (Sure&vara), and to all other teachers right up to our
(present) teacher.