VERSE 27

The previous verse brought out that without true knowledge life in this world so much mixed with sorrow would become a hell. Knowledge of the self will give strength to bear the cares and sorrows of this life. Sri Sankara proceeds to tell us how to obtain this true knowledge of the self.

Sing the Gita, and the thousand names of God;

Continuously Meditate on Lakshmi's Lord;

Turn the mind to the company of the good;

Give away your wealth to the needy.

'He who dwells in the heart of hose who think of Him ceaselessly - the half of whose body is shared by His consort'-sang Maanikkavaachagar.

'Meditate without break on the Lord of Lakshmi' says Sri Sankara. Call Him by whatever name you like--'The Supreme Truth that is the Mother’, 'He half of whose body is Uma,' 'The Lord of Lakshmi,' 'Sree- pati’-all these are names given by devotees to one identical Supreme Being. Do not get lost in the delusions and irritations of theological disputes, which speak, of Siva being different from Vishnu, and of Uma being different from Lakshmi.

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