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

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________________ 2 : 21 : 3 CHAPTER 19 1 Oh Parmatma! That I am really residing in your mind is a very rare thing in reality. Even the talk that I reside in your mind is equally rare. Hence to hope for it is useless. Yes, that you reside in my mind this is possible. llence if truly you reside in my mind - then I co not want anything else. The Prayer of the Lord's Orders (सम्मान स्तव) > 3----- Oh Lord! The other Devas are forever busy in misleading people - some by getting angry on them, and others by being pleased with the devotee, and yet others by giving them nome offerings (22) and making them pleased. In this way they chest people of poor inte lligence. Explanation: The author says that if You reside in any one's mind, then other Devas cannot cheat him. Thus the author asks that the Lord resides in his mind, so that he is saved from this cheating. Thus the second sloak has a bearing on the first sloaka. Here a question arises. Under normal circumstances, he who get pleased fills the devotee's required need. But the Lord is without likes and dislikes, so where is the question of his being pleased? Thus from a non ..22

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