Incipit of MS Kathmandu NAK 2/81

oṃ namo bhagavate sāmbasadāśivāya || ||

śrīgurubhyo namaḥ || || śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||

acintyāvyaktarūpāya nirguṇāya gu(2)ṇātmane ||

samastajagadādhāramūrttaye brahmaṇe namaḥ 1

alpāvaśiṣṭe tu kṛte mayo nāma mahāʼsuraḥ ||

rahasyam paramam puṇyañ jijñāsur jñā(3)nam uttamaṃ 2

vedāṅgam agryam akhilañ jyotiṣāṅ gatikāraṇam ||

ārādhayan vivasvaṃtaṃ tapas tepe suduścaram 3

toṣitas tapasā tena prīta(4)s tasmai varārthite ||

grahāṇāṃ caritam prādān mayāya savitā svayam 4 (fol. 1v1–4)