Manipuri to English:
ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ ꯃꯃꯥ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯅꯤꯡꯗꯕ ꯃꯃꯥ ꯃꯄꯥꯅ ꯌꯣꯛꯂꯛꯄ, ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯃꯍꯥꯛ ꯃꯃꯥ ꯑꯗꯨ "ꯂꯥꯅꯤꯡꯗꯒꯤ ꯁꯝꯅꯗꯕ" ꯑꯗꯨꯕꯨ ꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅ ꯈꯪꯉꯕ ꯃꯤ ꯃꯌꯥꯝꯗꯒꯤ ꯃꯥꯑꯣꯡ ꯀꯌꯥꯗꯗꯤ ꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ "ꯊꯋꯥꯏ ꯃꯤꯔꯦꯜꯒꯤ ꯃꯃꯤꯠ ꯁꯦꯡꯕꯤ" ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ "ꯂꯥꯏꯅꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯗꯕ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯕꯒꯤ ꯅꯥꯏꯇꯣꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯕ ꯍꯛꯊꯦꯡꯅꯅ ꯎꯍꯧꯕ" ꯑꯃ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯁꯛꯇꯥꯛꯈꯤ꯫
He described his mother, raised by non-religious parents, as being "detached from religion", yet in many ways the most "spiritually awakened person I have ever known", and as a "lonely witness for secular humanism".