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अहं सोममाहनसं बिभर्म्यहं त्वष्टारमुत पूषणं भगम् | 
अहं दधामि द्रविणं हविष्मतॆ सुप्राव्यॆ यजमानाय सुन्वतॆ || 2 ||

ahaM somamAhanasaM bibharmyahaM tvaShTAramuta pUShaNaM bhagam |

ahaM dadhAmi draviNaM haviShmatE suprAvyE yajamAnAya sunvatE || 2 ||

I bear the soma of immortalty, and I support tvaShTar, puShan, and bhaga,

I bestow wealth upon those who prepare and offer the sacrifices with devoted mind.

 

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ॐ अहं रुद्रॆभिर्वसुभिश्चराम्यहमादित्यैरूत विश्वदॆवैः | 
अहं मित्रावरुणोभा बिभर्म्यहमिन्द्राग्नी अहमश्विनोभा || 1 ||

OM ahaM rudrEbhirvasubhishcharAmyahamAdityairUta vishvadEvaiH |

ahaM mitrAvaruNobhA bibharmyahamindrAgnI ahamashvinobhA || 1 ||

OM. I move with the rUdras and the vasus, with the Adityas and the all-gods.

I carry mitrA and varUNa, indra and agnI, and the two ashvins.

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तत्र गच्छति गत्वासौ पुनश्चागमनं नहि | 
लभतॆ परमं स्थानं शिवॆन समतां व्रजॆत् || 61 ||

tatra gachChati gatvAsau punashchAgamanaM nahi |

labhatE paramaM sthAnaM shivEna samatAM vrajEt ||61 ||

He goes there, and having gone, there is surely no return.

He will attain the supreme state, and will enter into equality with shiva.

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दॆहान्तॆ परमं स्थानं सुरैरपि सुदुर्लभम् | 
प्राप्नोति पुरूषो नित्यं महामायाप्रसादतः || 60 ||

dEhAntE paramaM sthAnaM surairapi sudurlabham |

prApnoti purUSho nityaM mahAmAyAprasAdataH || 60 ||

At the body's end, through the grace of mahAmAyA, this person will obtain the 

supreme, eternal state, very difficult even for the gods to attain.

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यावद् भूमण्डलं धत्तॆ सशैलवनकाननम् | 
तावत्तिष्ठति मॆदिन्यां सन्ततिः पुत्रपौत्रिकी || 59 ||

yAvad bhUmaNDalaM dhattE sashailavanakAnanam |

tAvattiShThati mEdinyAM santatiH putrapautrikI || 59 ||

As long as the circle of the earth, with its mountains, forests, and groves shall last,

so long shall his progeny of children and grandchildren be established on the land.

If John Were In His Seventies

"All you need is love."
--John Lennon

If John were in his seventies,
like me,
what would he think,
what would he see?
A power-mad world,
disinformation war,
division and greed.
I can't give him words,
but think he might say
that when we're at our best
we're indivisible.
We're stronger
than any foreign puppet
or racist dictator.
When we're at our best
we're indivisible,
stronger than any crook,
stronger than any mob,
and only love
can do the job.