namaḥ - obeisances; vijñāna - of pure knowledge; mātrāya - to the embodiment; sarva - of all; pratyaya - forms of knowledge; hetave - to the source; puruṣa - of a person; īśa - the controlling forces; pradhānāya - to Him who predominates; brahmaṇe - to the Supreme Absolute Truth; ananta - unlimited; śaktaye - whose potencies.

Obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, the possessor of unlimited energies. He is the embodiment of pure, transcendental knowledge, the source of all kinds of awareness, and the predominator of the forces of nature that rule over the living being.