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55. చంచలతవ్మ (Chanchalatvamu)
The chanchalatvamu talked about here is not the initial state of disturbed state of mind (kshipta). If the lessons are however not learnt, the mind gets disturbed. If there is any deficiency in the development of nirmoha and not accepting everything as a Divine gift then this problem becomes acute. The nirmalachittamu that is had earlier is also lost and one wanders to many temples, churches, mosques, synagogues and other places of worship. Firming up has not yet taken place.
The person has a viskhipta state of mind, but this not the state of kshipta. It is fickle. Many people suffer from this. Someone might come and say that ‘if you visit that Hanuman temple, you will get some advantage’, he will go to the temple. If another comes and asks him to go to a Hyagriva temple, he will go to that temple. He will be roaming around, also called chanchalatvam but he is sticking on to one thing. He wants to know about the super natural power, he has that determination. It is not kshipta, definitely he has got a goal in his head, not in the
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