Sanskrit: कथं तरेयं भवसिन्धुमेतं का वा गतिर्मे कतमोऽस्त्युपायः । ने न किञ्ज्चित्कृपयाव मां प्रभो संसारदुःखक्षतिमातनुष्व 
English:  How to cross this ocean of phenomenal existence, what is to be my fate, and which of the means should I adopt – as to these I know nothing. Condescend to save me, O Lord, and describe at length how to put an end to the misery of this relative existence.