O foremost of pious men, tell me the cause of this abstraction. I solicit your favour, and am your devoted worshipper, and am bending my head to you.
त्वत्प्रपन्नाय भक्ताय शिरसा प्रणताय च। ध्यानस्यास्य यथा तत्त्वं ब्रूहि धर्मभृतां वर॥