Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 29
Nimi Questions the Yogendras: Varṇāśrama’s Purpose, Ritualism’s Fall, and Yuga-Avatāras with Kali-yuga Saṅkīrtana
नमस्ते वासुदेवाय नम: सङ्कर्षणाय च । प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय तुभ्यं भगवते नम: ॥ २९ ॥ नारायणाय ऋषये पुरुषाय महात्मने । विश्वेश्वराय विश्वाय सर्वभूतात्मने नम: ॥ ३० ॥
namas te vāsudevāya namaḥ saṅkarṣaṇāya ca pradyumnāyāniruddhāya tubhyaṁ bhagavate namaḥ
顶礼于您，噢婆苏提婆；顶礼于您，噢桑卡尔沙那；顶礼于普拉丢姆那与阿尼鲁达；顶礼于您，噢薄伽梵。顶礼于那罗延那圣仙；顶礼于大我之普鲁沙；顶礼于宇宙之主、宇宙之体、以及一切众生之内在灵（超灵）——悉皆顶礼。
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that although Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared at the end of Dvāpara-yuga, great sages chanted this verse from the beginning of that age in expectation of His appearance.
FAQs
They are the Lord’s four principal expansions (catur-vyūha), worshiped as the Supreme Bhagavān’s divine forms, invoked here through direct salutations.
While instructing King Nimi on devotion and the Lord’s supremacy, the sages begin with stuti—humble obeisances that establish bhakti as the foundation of their teaching.
Begin worship, study, or meditation by offering respectful namaskāra to the Lord—cultivating humility, remembrance, and devotion before any spiritual activity.