Maṅgalam 2
A benedictory verse, standing outside the numbered sequence.
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In plain words
Those who, in fear of death, take refuge in the Conqueror of death find that their sense of 'I' meets its death first. Deathless then by their very nature, how could the thought of death find any room in them again?
Word for word
Of those who, out of fear of death, have taken refuge in the Conqueror of death, the notion 'I' meets death first. Then in them, deathless by their own nature, how is there room again for the thought of death?