Karananaya gananayakan brahmatmakan
Karunyamurti sivasaktisambhavan devan
Varanamukhan mama prarabdhavighnangale
Varanam ceytituvanavolam vandikkunnen.
The Addhyatmaramayanam starts with salutations directed towards goddesses and gods such as Sarasvati, Sivan and Ganesan, as well as to earlier composers of the Ramayanam like Valmiki and Vyasan.