Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 246





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Also, the same shloka may give different, almost contradictory, results for different persons. shloka #84 (ShrutInAM mUrdhAno) has been said to give the power of leaving one’s own body and getting into the body of another. But the same shloka has also been earmarked as a sAdhaNA for mokshha!. One has to remember, in such cases, it is the attitude of the devotee in question that comes into play. The attitude of the upAsakA (the practitioner of the sAdhanA) has a value. Depending on the needs and desires of the upAsaka, the results will vary. 

Honey can induce sleep in some one who is habitually a non-sleeper; and the same honey, in the case of a lazy and constant dozer, may produce wakefulness and alertness.

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