❖oṃ namo gaṇapataye ||

oṃ nama (!) śrīsūryyāya ||

tṛṣṇātaraṃgadustara-

saṃsārāmbhodhilaṃghane taraṇiḥ ||

udayavasudhādharāruṇa-

mukuṭamaṇiḥ pātu vas taraṇiḥ ||

astaṃgatavati mihire-

ʼtimalinadoṣākule ca govibhave |

udvāhādiṣu śuddhi-

grahaṇārthaṃ dīpikā kriyate ||

śāstrāvatāraḥ ||

viphalānyanyaśāstrāṇi vivādas teṣu kevalaṃ |

saphalaṃ jyotiṣaṃ śāstraṃ candrākau (!) yatra sākṣiṇau || (fol. 1v1–4)