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Vasus, brahmacharis of the 24 year order of study and training, with 13 syllable asuri-anushtup verse, have achieved the 13-point programme of life (i. e. , ten pranic energies, jiva or soul, creative nature or mahat-tattva, and original/virtual nature). So should I achieve the same. Rudras, brahmacharis of 44 year order of study and training, with 14 syllable samniushnik verse, have achieved the 14 point programme of life (i. e. , ten organs of perception and volition, mind, intellect, memory and the sense of individual self). So should I achieve the same. Adityas, brahmacharis of 48 years of study and training, with 15 syllable asuri-gayatri verse, have achieved the 15 point programme of life, (i. e. , four Vedas, four sub-vedas, six auxiliary studies, and practical expertise). So should I achieve the same. Aditi, Great-Council of Governance, with 16 syllable samni anushtup verse, has achieved the 16 point programme of life, (i. e. , sixteen steps/constituents of the science of logic). So should I achieve the same. Prajapati, ruler of the nation, with 17 syllable nichrid-arshi gayatri verse, has achieved the 17 point programme of life (i. e. , four varnas, four ashramas, four steps of study, four steps of asset building, and final freedom. So should I achieve the same. Note: In the four mantras above, from 31 to 34, a comprehensive programme of living has been given for the ruler and the people, of any locality, region, country or, in fact, of the world. It ranges from a one-point programme to 17 point programme. The whole programme is summarized below1. Om (one - syllable Word, the one essential name of God, Ishwara), the One and Only One Supreme Lord of the universe who creates, sustains and ultimately withdraws the world of existence: This is the Word, Akshara, eternal, imperishable, constant Reality which is Existent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, just and merciful, infinite and of infinite power and bliss. The one-point programme is: His service and worship and the service of His creation. 2. The service of humanity, the bipeds. 3. Name, history (birth and the course of life/ existence) and location of any community, nation, or region, the service of the same. 4. The service, protection and development of the life of the quadrupeds, the animals, wild and domestic. 5. The service, protection, cleaning and development of the environment in all the five directions (east, west, north, south and up and down). 6. The service of nature and the environment in all the six seasons of the year. 7. The service, promotion and development of the seven classes of animals: cow, horse, buffalo, camel, goat, sheep, and pony. 8. Practice of an eight-point social policy in the service of the community and the country to be positively worked out for development, i. e. , yajna, and not for mere power display9. Nine orders or qualities of worship, action and knowledge, three each, the orders being high, middling and low (noble and saintly, average and human, and selfish and negative/evil and devilish). 10. Practice of a ten-point political policy of service and development in a positive and progressive direction. 11. Practice of an eleven-point policy of service and development in a positive and progressive direction12. Practice of a twelve-point policy of service and development of the community and the environment. The points are to be worked out by the enlightened ruler and the enlightened people in mutual cooperation in the local context with reference to the past, present and the future. 13-17 have been explained in mantra no. 34 above.