|| Narayanam Namaskrityam ||

|| Naram Chaiva Narottamam ||

|| Deveem Sarasvateem Vyaasa ||

||Tato Jayamudeerayet ||

First bow down to Sri Narayan (Sri Krishna), Nar(Sri Arjun) , Devi Sarasawati, then begin reading Jaya (Mahabharata)

I bow down to Lord Krishna who is Narayana himself and his friend Arjuna and the Goddess Saraswati who has graced us by revealing the secrets of Mahabharata and the writer Sri Ved Vyas.

By destroying all negativities, one should start the chanting of the epic of Mahabharata.

|| Yada Yada Dharmasya ||

|| Glanirbhavati O'Bharata ||

|| Abhyutthanam Adharmasya ||

|| Tatatmanam Srijaamyaham ||

Whenever there is downfall of Dharma and Adharma prevails, I reincarnate myself on this adobe Earth for the well being of Mankind.

|| Paritranaya Sadhunam ||

|| Vinashaya Cha Dushkrita ||

|| Dharmasam-sthapanaya ||

|| Sambhavami Yuge Yuge ||

For the protection of good and also for the destruction of wicked, for the establishment of Dharma, I am born from age to age.

|| Yato Dharma Thato Jaya ||

|| Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitaha ||