Note 174 — Chapter VI · THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.
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Some are of opinion that the object of the death-wail, which begins with “O māra bhāi!” that is, “Oh my brother!” or “O māra bāp!” that is, “Oh my father!”, is that at the moment of death, the soul, by hearing the sound ‘Om’ may ascend to the brahmarandhra or the divine seat of the brain and thus attain salvation.174