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ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” (ENDS) Slogam - 68 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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===================================================================================================== Friday 31, January 2025, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 9 - Slogam 68 (1 no): “CONCLUSION”  Slogam- 68: The Promise of Fulfillment   ====================================================================================== 1  Dig-desha-kaal-aadi = That which does not depend upon direction, space and  apekshya sarvagam = time, and is present everywhere.   2  Sheet-aadi hrit nitya- = That which is the destroyer of heat and cold, eternal  sukham niranjanam; = Bliss and stainless.  3  Yah swaatma-teertham = he who worships at the holy shrine of such a Being, in  bhajate vi-nishkriyah = his own Self, renouncing all activities,  4  sah sarvavit sargatah = such a one becomes all-knowing, all-pervading and  amritah bhavet. = immortal. ================================================================================...
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ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” Slogam - 67 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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===================================================================================================== Wednesday 08, January 2025, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8  Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.)   D. THE TOUGHNESS OF SADHANA: Slogas - 66-67 ========================================================================================== Slogam - 67: As the Sun Destroys Darkness  1.  “Hrid-aakaasha” uditah hi aatmaa = The Self, which verily rises in the “heart-space”,  2.   bodha-bhaanuh tamah apahrit; = is the sun of knowledge that destroys all darkness.  3. sarva-vyaapee sarva-dhaaree = It pervades everything; It sustains everything.   4.  bhaati bhaasayate akhilam. = It shines by Itself and makes all else shine.  ================================================================================ We see in this verse a neat assembly or combination of all the major metaphors that have been used in the recent verses, used with gre...
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