Salutations to you who are clad in black, to you who are of dark and curly hair, to you who have dark deerskin for your upper garment, to you who preside over the eighth lunation of the dark fortnight.
नमस्ते कृष्णवासाय कृष्णकुञ्चितमूर्धजे॥ कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयाय कृष्णाष्टमिरताय च।