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Ts Mh
Editorial: Wshppg D Ssw
h Bh—100 Ys Ag
D: S S
Devadatta Kali
S S D: h  V
Dr Raj Lakshmi Varma
Wm  Bhsm: h Dw   Nw 
B N Neelima
Agh Km D—A  
Wm’s mp
Dr Sudeshna Basak
Swm Vk’s D  Hs Mh
Bhshw D
Swami Tathagatananda
Rmsss  Swm Vk
Mrs Alice M Hansbrough
M, h Lgy mp y
N Hariharan
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Invoking Devi Saraswati
ykrc;bu l=e;bu =urJ;bu mhôJr; >
yv{Nô;t RJ ôbrm v{Nrô;bkc lôf]UrÆt >>
Mol o mo, nobl o , godl o godd! O !
W    o ll pu; Mo, gn ug non.
(Rg Vd, ..6)
gô;u ô;l& NNgtu gtu bgtuCqguol rJ‡Jt vw˜grm JtgtorK >
gtu hÀlÆtt JmwrJ‘& mw=ºt& mhôJr; ;rbn Ætt;Ju fU& >>
O ! T xul b o n c   ouc o ll ll-
bng, oug c you nu ll   dbl,  oou o -
u,  poo o l,  g o goodn,  ou pod o ou
noumn.
(.6.9)
atu=rgºte mql];tltk au;k;e mwb;eltk > gÒtk =Ætu mhôJ;e >>
Inp o  uul, ou o  nobl-mndd,  ccp
cc.
(..)
bntu yKo& mhôJ;e v{ au;gr; fuU;wlt > rÆtgtu rJ‡Jt rJ htsr; >>
,  mgy ocn (o lg), llumn (ll)   lg. 
bgn ll nllc.
(..)
v{ Ktu =uJe mhôJ;e JtsurCJtorsleJ;e > ÆteltbrJºgJ;w >>
My  dn , c n po, np ou mnd nd poc u.
(6.6.)
ÀJk =urJ mhôJÀgJt JtsuMw Jtrsrl > h=t vqMuJ l& mrlk >>
O D , ong n l nd po, poc u n conc. Lk
Pun, gn u opulnc.
(6.6.6)
 [ d D]  d, ;   com o mp knoldg.
…   ull o   dom.
( Rmkn)
Wrút²; std{; ŒtËg JhtrªtctuÆt; >Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached!
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April 2007
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