Invocation, the disciple's question, and the teacher's undertaking
Ancient Abhinavagupta SanskritPS_1
paraṃ parasthaṃ gahanād anādim ekaṃ niviṣṭaṃ bahudhā guhāsu | sarvālayaṃ sarvacarācarasthaṃ tvām eva śambhuṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
PS_2
garbhādhivāsapūrvakamaraṇāntakaduḥkhacakravibhrāntaḥ | ādhāram bhagavantaṃ śiṣyaḥ papraccha paramārtham
PS_3
ādhārakārikābhiḥ taṃ gurur abhibhāṣati sma tatsāram | kathayaty abhinavaguptaḥ śivaśāsanadṛṣṭiyogena