Suktimuktavali 84

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Having contentment for its thick root, the expanse of the trunk bound by the host of tranquility, / the restraint of the five senses for its branches, shining fearlessness for its leaves, and the abundance of moral conduct for its sprouts; / by the sprinkling of the flood of water of faith, bearing the enjoyment of vast noble birth, power, and beauty, / with the attainment of heaven and the like as its flowers, and yielding the fruit of the state of final bliss—may the wish-fulfilling tree of austerity flourish! .. 84 ..