anantaṁ vāsukiṁ śeṣaṁ padmanābhaṁ ca kambalam .
Ananta, Vasuki, Shesha, Padmanabha and Kambala,
śaṅkhapālaṁ dhr̥tarāṣṭraṁ takṣakaṁ kāliyaṁ tathā .
Shankhapala, Dhritarashtra, Takshaka and Kaliya —
etāni nava nāmāni nāgānāṁ ca mahātmanām .
these are the nine names of the great nagas.
sāyaṅkāle paṭhennityaṁ prātaḥkāle viśeṣataḥ .
Whoever says them each evening, and above all in the morning,
tasya viṣabhayaṁ nāsti sarvatra vijayī bhavet .
has no fear of poison, and is victorious everywhere.