Sanskrit Verse Meets With British Literature (Sanskriti-British Sahitya) [meaning Of Sahitya Is Literature]. Poem by Author, Rituparna Ray Chaudhuri

Crossing the Bar: ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
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Asatoma Sadgamaya
(asato ma sadgamaya)
Meaning: From ignorance, lead (gamaya) me to truth

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
(asato ma sadgamaya) : Meaning: Lead me from the asat (ignorance) to the sat (truth) .
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
(tamaso ma jyotirgamaya) : Meaning: Lead me from darkness to light.
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।
(mrtyorma amrtam gamaya) : Meaning: Lead me from death to immortality.
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
(om shanti shanti shanti.) : Meaning: Om Peace Peace Peace.

[The prayer is Sanskrit taken from Brhadaranyaka (Meaning: great wilderness) Upanishad (Meaning: from upa 'by' and ni-ṣad 'sit down') ]