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ioo. Oh Earth, my mother! Oh Wind, my father ! Oh Fire, my friend ! Oh Water, my good relative ! Oh Sky, my brother ! here is my last salutation to yon with clasped hands! Having cast away Ignorance with its wonderful infatuations by means of pure knowledge resplendent with shining merits developed through my association with you all, I now merge in the Supreme Brahman.

[ The terms of familiarity and endearment used of the live elements are appropriate in view of the final point of blissful parting to which the Yogin has been carried through those subtle Tattvas or essences of the five elements which characterise intermediate stages of Yogic practice, ]

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