Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /35

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<ignore>3. FRUITS OF BHAKTI
 

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<p text="C">presence of God. He has his being in God. He has

no more desires and so he will not take any more

body or birth. Immortality, amritatwa constitutes the

essential nature of Bhakti.
 
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<p text="C"><bold>Tripto Bhavati: </bold>A devotee who is a Siddha or

who is perfect, and who is immortal is absolutely

satisfied.
 
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<p text="C">Contentment here referred to is not the kind of

satisfaction which one gets when some desire is ful-

filled. It is absolute satisfaction that comes from the

absence of all desires and the attainment of God-

realisation. Only when one attains the highest per-

fection he can be perfectly satisfied in his own Self.

Only then, he can be contented with oneself. There

is no other gain superior to that absolute satisfaction

attained through God-realisation.
 
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<p text="C">He who has the philosopher's stone cares not for
&apos;s stone cares not for
little pieces of gold. Even so a devotee who has

reached the fountain source of everything cares not

for the little objects of this world.
 
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<p text="C">The devotee loves God and serves Him and His

creation. He does not strive consciously for Mukti

but God confers Mukti on His devotee unsolicited.
 
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<p text="C" merge-next="true">All weakness and Doshas (faults) vanish. People

put a question: "&quot;How can we love God whom we have

not seen?"&quot; Remain in the company of Bhaktas; hear

the Lila of Bhagavan, His Aiswarya (Divine Powers)

or Vibhutis, His Madhurya (grace and beauty); serve

Bhaktas; sing His names daily and do Japa of His

Mantra; stay for one year in Ayodhya or Brindavan
 
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