O you who have this universe for your handiwork, salutations to you, O Soul of the universe, O best of all beings in the universe. I know you in that measure in which I am approved by you.
विश्वकर्मन् नमस्तेऽस्तु विश्वात्मन् विश्वसत्तम। तथ त्वामभिजानामि यथा चाहं भवन्मतः॥