Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /25

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<ignore>1. THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE
 
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<title text="EN">NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
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<p text="EN">Om Sat Guru Paramatmane Namah.

Om Sri Ganesaya Namah.
 

Om Sarasvatyai Namah.
 

Salutations to Deva Rishi Narada.
 
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<title text="EN">THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE
 
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<p text="M">अथातो भक्तितिं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥ १ ॥
 
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<ignore>Sutra 1. Athatho Bhaktim Vyakhyasyaamah.
 
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<p text="T">Now, therefore, we shall expound Bhakti (devo-

tion).
 
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<p text="G">अथ Atha: now, 3अतः Athah: Athahtherefore, भक्तिम्
Bhaktim: therefore(the doctrine of) devotion,
Bhaktim: (the doctrine of)
 
devotion,
 
Vyakhyasyaamah: (we) shall expound.
 
व्याख्यास्याम मः
Vyakhyasyaamah:
 
(we) shall expound.</p>
<p text="C">Sutra means an aphorism or terse saying im-

pregnant with deep significance. Just as flowers or

pearls are arranged or studded on a thread, so also

philosophical ideas are studded or spread or arranged

in the aphorism. Rishis always have expressed their

ideas in the form of laconic Sutras. That is the beauty

in the writings of Rishis or seers. That is the sign of

God-realisation. The six Dharsans or schools of

philosophy are embodied in the form of Sutras only.

Without a commentary it is difficult for laymen to

understand these Sutras.
 
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<p text="C" merge-next="true">Atha means now. It is sometimes used in the

sense of sequence. It is a word that is used when a

subject is begun to invoke the Divine blessing and for
 
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