Sunday, September 30, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 244





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shloka #28 has the thought that even after drinking the nectar the divines do not live beyond the deluge (pralaya), whereas Lord Shiva, even after drinking the deadly poison, continues to live. It is easy to infer that by doing a mantra japam of this shloka, one gets a long life, poison or no poison.

But there are many more shlokas where we cannot in any way infer what results will accrue from a mantra-japam of the shloka.

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