Who veils the real with its own Idea,

Thou hast woven the ignorant mind into a screen

Thou has used words to shutter out the Light

And called truth to vindicate a lie.

A lying reality is a falsehood’s crown

And a perverted Truth her richest gem

Oh Death, thou speakest truth but truth that slays

I answer to thee with the Truth that saves.

– SAVITRI