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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
above with the implicit faith in the Master and have struggled to make my surrender total and complete. Before I dwell on the various stages of development in our determination to surrender to the Master, I would like to stress on the need to accept our Master, the Special Personality as the means and the end. In fact our efforts through Action (karma), Knowledge (Jnana) and Devotion (Bhakti) are not always with us. There are many occasions they are lost. But one thing that is not lost under any circumstance is the Master. One, who knows him to be the savior, does not attach himself to any other means than Himself. This is what is called in tradition that Master is the Siddhopaaya. It was stated in the context of referring to Lord Sri Krishna
“Sarve vedaah Sarve vedhyah Sa sastrah Sarve Yajnah Sarva ijyaascha Krishnah Vidhuh Krishnam Brahmanaa satvato ye Tesham Rajan Sarva Yajnah Ssamaasthah”
meaning “all Vedas, all sastras, all purusharthas (human goals), all sacrifices, all loved ones are Lord Krishna only. One who knows Lord Krishna as he is, they are the ones who have done all yajnas.” In my
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