अनायासेन मरणं विना दैन्येन जीवनम्। देहि मे कृपया शंभो त्वयि भक्तिमचञ्चलाम् ॥ O Lord! Please give me an easy and painless death, a life without abject dependence on others and unwavering and loving devotion to you यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमाना समुद्रे अस्तं गच्छन्ति नामरूपे विहाय। तथा विद्वान् नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्॥ Just as rivers empty themselves into the ocean and become one with the ocean shedding their names and forms so too men of wisdom attain the Supreme Brahman transcending all names and forms. दश वैद्य समा पत्नी दश पत्नी समो रविः दश सूर्य समा माता दश माता हरीतकी॥ In the matter of helping a patient recover from his disease, the wife is equal to ten physicians, the Sun is equal ...