I wish for you, what I wish for me.
We are One, as you can see.
May Ganesh endow wisdom, may Saraswati help us learn
May Krishna be our guide, may Lakshmi help us earn
May Mahamrityunjay choose our fate,
May Gayatri light our path
Om bhur bhuvah swah, tat-savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhiyo-yonah prachodyat*
Like a wonderful comedy, may our lives we spend
After many happy years may Bhairav be our end
For when all is said and done, he’s the only one
Left with his damaru drum, to whose cadence I hum
Damaddamaddamaddama ninada-vada-marvayam
Tanotu nah shivah shivam, tanotu nah shivah shivam**
Kishore Asthana
Kishore.Asthana@gmail.com
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* May the Sun, on whose mostadorable effulgence on the earth, in space and in heaven, I meditate upon, illuminate our intellect. (this is just the literal meaning of the Gayatri mantra. It has a much deeper interpretation).
**Sounding his damaru, dama-dama-dama-dama, may Shiva confer auspiciousness on all of us, May Shiva confer auspiciousness on all of us.