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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Atman' I am one with you. This is my firm convic-
tion."
Love grows wildly in the ignorant man's heart.
There is luscious fruit of love in a corner of the heart,
but the entire heart is strewn with thorns of hatred.
jealousy and so many other vicious qualities that the
charm of love is marred. There are the bushes of
lust, anger and greed which hide within them the
wildest animals. Love lies hidden far beneath and
far beyond reach. It is as good as non-existent. But,
in the case of a true devotee of the Lord, this love has
been cultured, and the garden of his heart is cleared
of the thorns of vicious qualities, of the bushes of lust.
anger and greed. Love of God which is the sweetest
of fragrances wafts from such a heart.
तु,
Tu, is used to differentiate the highest
Bhakti which Maharshi Narada alludes to in this
Sutra from the lower type of devotion which is
actuated by ulterior motives and desires or fear of
God, etc.
You should know the difference between ordinary
love, the love between wife and husband, children
and parents, friends and relations.
The word fer (asmin) in this, is used in
this Sutra to denote the object of love. Narada's
teaching is non-sectarian. He did not use the word,
Brahman, Ishwar, Rama, Krishna, Siva, etc.) :
Parama Prema Rupa: There is no trace of selfish-
ness or egoism or any motive or fear in this kind of
supreme love. Do not mistake emotion or fanaticism
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Atman' I am one with you. This is my firm convic-
tion."
Love grows wildly in the ignorant man's heart.
There is luscious fruit of love in a corner of the heart,
but the entire heart is strewn with thorns of hatred.
jealousy and so many other vicious qualities that the
charm of love is marred. There are the bushes of
lust, anger and greed which hide within them the
wildest animals. Love lies hidden far beneath and
far beyond reach. It is as good as non-existent. But,
in the case of a true devotee of the Lord, this love has
been cultured, and the garden of his heart is cleared
of the thorns of vicious qualities, of the bushes of lust.
anger and greed. Love of God which is the sweetest
of fragrances wafts from such a heart.
तु,
Tu, is used to differentiate the highest
Bhakti which Maharshi Narada alludes to in this
Sutra from the lower type of devotion which is
actuated by ulterior motives and desires or fear of
God, etc.
You should know the difference between ordinary
love, the love between wife and husband, children
and parents, friends and relations.
The word fer (asmin) in this, is used in
this Sutra to denote the object of love. Narada's
teaching is non-sectarian. He did not use the word,
Brahman, Ishwar, Rama, Krishna, Siva, etc.) :
Parama Prema Rupa: There is no trace of selfish-
ness or egoism or any motive or fear in this kind of
supreme love. Do not mistake emotion or fanaticism