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Shatpadi Stotram
विष्णु षट्पदी
Viṣṇu Ṣaṭpadī
Chant
सत्यपि भेदापगमे नाथ तवाहं न मामकीनस्त्वम् । सामुद्रो हि तरङ्गः क्वचन समुद्रो न तारङ्गः ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- सत्यपि भेदापगमे नाथ तवाहं न मामकीनस्त्वम् ।
- Even when difference vanishes, O Lord, I am not yours; you are not mine.
- सामुद्रो हि तरङ्गः क्वचन समुद्रो न तारङ्गः ॥३॥
- For the wave is of the ocean; the ocean is never of the wave.
The devotee affirms that even in non-dual vision the relation is not reversed: the individual belongs to the Lord, not the Lord to the individual. The wave cannot claim the ocean; the Self alone is the ground of the person.
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