namas te vÄsudevÄya
namaḥ saá¹…kará¹£aṇÄya ca
pradyumnÄyÄniruddhÄya
tubhyaṠbhagavate namaḥ
namaḥ - let me offer my respectful obeisances; te - unto You; vÄsudevÄya - Lord VÄsudeva; namaḥ - respectful obeisances; saá¹…kará¹£aṇÄya ca - also to Lord Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa; pradyumnÄya - to Lord Pradyumna; aniruddhÄya - unto Aniruddha; tubhyam - unto You; bhagavate - unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namaḥ - my respectful obeisances.
“ ‘I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanded as VÄsudeva, Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.’
This is a prayer from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.5.29) spoken by KarabhÄjana Muni when he was questioned by MahÄrÄja Nimi, the King of Videha, about the incarnations in specific yugas and their method of worship. KarabhÄjana Muni was one of the nine Yogendras, and he met the King to inform him about future incarnations.
