Book Title: Atma Shatakam Or Nirvan Shatakam
Author(s): Shankaracharya
Publisher: B L Institute

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________________ CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION (420114311) 1 He who is the Almighty (421-ti ), He who dwells in Omniscience (ueensetif), He who is the fareatest ( 428 ) among all the Gods (uzA186). Just as the sun destroys all the darkness, similarly, He who destroys all the darkness of wrong faith vision and knowledge, is also meditated upon ( Eziot ) by the wise men. He who has uprooted totally all the desirs (2001) arò aversion (201) which are the fundamental cause of all pains and anxieties ( 27 To whom the leaders of the upper and the lower heavens ( 242 / 57242), and of men bow down in reverence. 3 He who has expounded the various details per. taining to the four main aims of human life: Dharmal Cro - Religion/Duties, Artha (sta -eam. ing money/possessions), Kama (ctin - seeking pleasures) and Moksha (tuo reaching the final Liberation). He whose knowledge is such that it 11lumines all the happening including thought processes in all beings in all the three times - past, presant and future! ..3

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