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

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________________ 1. 2. 3. CHAPTER 7 Destroying the idea that God is the creator of this world. जिगत्‌कर्तृला निराम > Unless one does good or bad acts ( there is no possibility of having a body. If there is no body, how can there be a mouth? If there is no mouth there cannot be speech -1.e. the Shastras.hus how can the Gods believed in other Religions can ever be the creator of Shastras or give the Perfect guidance (3) (Because some believe that God is always without any Karmas hence the above argument is given). - God who is without body, for him it is not logical that he acts in creation of this world. Secondly, there is no reason for him to create this world. Since God is Perfectée, who has no necessity to act (c) what is the special reason for his creating this world? But God is completely independent - - so he would not create this world as a result of an order from someone. He entirely acts on his own. Hence he acts extremely independently and through his own volition alone that he creates this world. (The answer to this argument is given in Verse No.3). If God through his volition creates this world then the question arises does he do it just for fun (As) because he for himself, feels like it or is it that he ..2

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