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O voyagers, O seamen, You who came to port, and you whose bodies. Will suffer the trial and judgement of the sea, Or whatever event, this is your real destination.'So Krishna, as when he admonished Arjuna. On the field of battle. Not fare well, But fare forward, voyagers.

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