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Lessons from Bhagavadgita - 79

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Lessons in Vedanta - 48

Maataa pitaa bandhuriti stutiste Maddhee gataartha pratibimba maatram Tvam bimbabhooto jagadartha raasheh Dattam gurum tvaam paramaartha meede
(Sri Datta Dhyaana Maalikaa)

The praise such as Œyou are my father, you are my mother, you are my friend¹ etc., are in fact, the reflections of that (emotion) which is in my heart. In reality You are indeed the original form of all objects and emotions in the universe. (It means that all the manifest objects are merely your reflections. Between the object and its reflection, it is the object that is real). Therefore, you are verily the Real object. To you I offer my salutations.