Hanging on

(1046)  Tumi nitya satya nijadhiin

You are the truth, perpetual and self-reliant;
You are one who's ever-new, one who's ever-ancient.
You are the final refuge for those who are dejected;
Amid their gloom, You are daybreak's advent.

Those who had come, all did retire;
Those yet to come, they will expire.
You were, You are, You shall abide;
Everlasting Master, triumphant over time.

Those who'd intoned Your many qualities,
In Your ideation they were seized.
With Your life they'd received
Honeyed immortality.

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