The short Viṣṇusmṛti of the eighteen-smṛti collections 30

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prabhuṃ vibhumanādyantaṃ prapadye taṃ raviprabham
sahasraśīrṣaṃ puruṣaṃ maharṣiṃ satyabhāvanam

in the sovereign, all-pervading, without beginning or end, bright as the sun, I take refuge, / in the thousand-headed spirit, the great sage, the origin of truth.