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

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________________ (3) on Bhagwan, just as when a body stands in front of a mirror 1t gathers no dust nor does it sweat, sialarly in your body, how can one imagine that sweat drips or dust sticks to your body? Oh Veetraga, it is not only that yo ir mind 18 free from desires ( 2155 ) but even the blood that is in your body is like a stream of milk which is pure white! Here the poet imagines that when one is full of Rage (desires - 21), there are colours in one's mind. Oh Lord! Really am I fit to describe the completely extraordinary qualities in you which do not exist in any other human being in this world? For example, the flesh of your body is also white, fragrant and when looked at does not cause revulsion! on Veetragal the large bees (HA2T ) leave the flowers that have grown on ealth and upon water and come to you, because your breath is so fragrant, on God! This great glory of your last bodily birth as a Tirthankara 18 unlike anything in this world and therefore of great wonder. Look, when you eat food, or go to the toilet - no ordinary human eye can see these activities. (In this, the first 4 Slokas really describe the first

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