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

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________________ 6. 7. 8. 9. 31 II No.1). Here again this is poetic imagination. reality due to the devotion (4) to the Lord the Devas always build this Samvasarana. Oh Lord! When you walk on this world (please remember that the Lord always walks bear feet!), the thorns also turn upside down, (so that they do not harm you or the millions that are with you). When there is the sun, is it possible for the crowd of darkness to come and face it? Oh my kind Lord! The hair on your head, on your body, your nails and your beard and moustach also never grow after you have left your home. In this manner this external extraordinary qualities (en) are not even there in the other Gods. (so What to talk of the glory of your internal remarkable qualities!). Oh Lord who are so kind! when Buddhist, Sankhysites, Shaivites, Mimansikas and Naiyayikas, those five come to argue with you, after listening to you, their animosity vanishes, just as the five objects of senses - namely, speech, colour, taste, touch and smell, are also never of the wrong type in your presence. Again the former part of this verse is a poetic imagination). Oh Lord who are the ocean of kindness! As though the six seasons have become afraid as they constantly ..4

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