Arjun appeared on the stone platform as scheduled. Dev went up to him, bent, touched his feet, and asked for blessings, "Bless me, Guruji."
Arjuna touched Dev's head with his right hand and chanted a mantra.
"Om Saha Navavatu|
Saha Nau Bhunaktu |
Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai |
Tejasvi Nau-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||"
Arjuna told the meaning of the mantra to Dev in this past year. This mantra meant:
"May God protect us together,
May God nourish us both,
May we work together with energy and vigor,
May our study be enlightening and not give rise to hostility for anyone,
Om, Peace, Peace, Peace."