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67.􏰀􏰁ౖె ాయ్నుసం􏰂ానము(Nychyanusandhaanamu) It is an advanced state of Prayer.
In Puri, it is customary for the King to sweep the streets before the start of the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath thereby expressing his lowly attitude before the Divine.
One should adopt this attitude as a means for progress. Accepting of lowliness is the beginnings of surrender. It is a difficult task and requires the help of the Master. An attitude that a person develops deliberately knowing full well that he is a person capable of Maitri, Bhakti and Guru Nista and he has got everything but he takes an attitude that all these things are only some good qualities that he is having but he has got enormously bad qualities with him. The person thinks that the positive qualities are given by the Master though he has acquired. This is an attitude. This is a means not a stage. One has to develop this consciously by always thinking about the Master and keeping lowliness before Him.
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