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

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________________ : 2 : of unusually firm faith in the Lord and are certain to reach Liberation in the next birth - so their doubts are very subtle, learned etc.....). Is there any other quality of yours (all of which are only for the benefit of others), which is more praise-worthy? O Veetraga! You are submerged at all times in the greatest of all joys, and yet at the same time the highest detachment (dacé ) is there in you. Such an apparent diversity, how can a person of no faith ever believe? Oh Lord! You are completely detached in your mind (Ten22 Hicr )with all the Jivas of this world, and yet you do the greatest good to all. This strange quality in you, which we with faith, can fully understand, because it is not so easily seen in others (GOD) how can we say that it is also in them? a O Bhagwan! On one side is your highest mental detachment and physical renunciation (1 ) 21 ), and on the other side is this great Kingdom of Dharma (Eritishciat) that you have established. These apparently opposing qualities are only in you and not in others. Oh God of all Gods! when you are conceived in your mother's womb, when you are born, when you renounce the world, when you reach omniscience, and finally when you have

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