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 ' THM VAIRAGYA-SATAKAM

��84, I make no difference in substance as between Shiva, the Lord of the universe and the Slayer of (the demon) Jana, ( i. e. Vishnu ), the inmost Self of the universe. But still my devotion is ( attached ) to One in whose crest there is the crescent moon,

[ This Sloka has been brought forward by the rpoet, as a doubt may arise in the mind from the preceding Sloka where the poet says that Shiva is the only Lord to take our refuge in. Here the poet says that really there is no difference between Shiva or Vishnu. But he is by nature attached to Shiva. This is what is called Ishta-nuhtha, or the devotion to one's own ideal. ]

^nrRfSfra^Pt -This word has been variously interpreted: (i) { the inmost Self of the universe/ (2) * One who is the knower of all inner things in the universe/ (3) i Due who is the Self of all in the universe, or it may mean, (4) k in whose is the whole universe.'

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��. 85. Sitting in peaceful posture during nights when all sounds are stilled into' silence

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