शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्। लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्॥

Shantakaram bhujaga-shayanam padmanabham suresham, Vishvadharam gagana-sadrisham megha-varnam shubhangam, Lakshmi-kantam kamala-nayanam yogibhir dhyana-gamyam, Vande Vishnum bhava-bhaya-haram sarva-lokaika-natham.

I bow to Vishnu: whose form is peace, who reclines on the serpent, from whose navel the lotus springs, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a rain cloud, of auspicious form; beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation; who takes away the fear of worldly existence, the one Lord of all the worlds.