Oum Sahanavavu,

Saha'naubhannabhuntu,

Sahhviriam Karavavahahy,

Tijasvi-nawadhidhivishawahi.

Oum shanty, shanty, shanty, shanty.

Ome, may the Lord protect us both the teacher and the taught together by revealing knowledge.

May the Lord protect us both by giving us the results of knowledge.

May we attain vigor together.

Let what we study be illuminating.

May we not cavil at each other. Ome, peace, peace, peace. So we are studying the

Qathe Oppanation. And we were in the second section of the first chapter. We had done the 10th mantra,

if I remember correctly, where Yama, the Lord of Death and the teacher is praising the young boy

Nachi Keta, who is also the student,

in saying that, you know, you are unique.

I was at one time a mortal like you.

So for this, we have to understand all these gods with small g.

They are sentient beings just like us.

Like us is a stretch. They are extraordinarily powerful and magnificent in many different ways.

They're like Superman, Spider-Man and so and so forth, all rolled together in all the superheroes in one.

But they are still sentient beings, they're Jeevas.

And they have come to these powers and extraordinary positions

because of a lot of good karma.

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