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

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________________ -: 13 : CHAPTER 14 The Praise of Lord's purity in Yoga (210785 8240 ) ---------------------------------- 1. Oh Lord of the Yogis! By stopping in all ways all the harmful (hozt: ) activities of mind - speech and body.. .... you left the mind free and thus you overcome this trecherous mind!(e.g. Without force, by pure knowledge the Wougained victory over the mind). 2 Oh Lord of the Yogis! By force or suppression you have not controlled the senses, nor by indulgence in them did you make them unruly........ by your beautiful discriminative intellect you have won over your senses. 3 Oh Master of the Yogis! The eight stages of yoga seem useless exposition (for you) - if that were not so, how is that this yoga has become one with you right from the day of your childhood! O Lord of all Lords! Towards sense objects that you have known since time immemorial, you have perfect detachment ( 205 ). But towards these (1.e. Jivas - beings) whom you have never seen you feel one with them ( Flicrash ) in this yoga of yours. Oh Master, this wonderful life of yours is not possible to comprehend by ordinary people. ..14

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