*Vyasam vasistha-naptaram shakteh poutrama-kalmasham | *

*Parasha-raatmajam vande shukatatam taponidhim ||*

I bow before you Vyasa,

The treasure house of penance,

The great grand son of Vasishta.

The grand son of Shakthi,

The son of Parasara.

And the father of Shuk