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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
यज्ज्ञात्वा मत्तो भवति स्तब्धो भवत्यात्मारामो भवति ॥ ६॥
Sutra 6. Yajjnaatwa matto bhavati sthabdho
bhavatyaatmaaraamo bhavati.
 
By knowing which man becomes intoxicated (or
cverjoyed) peaceful and completely immersed in the
enjoyment of the Bliss of the Atman.
 
यत् :
 
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Yat: which (God);
 
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jnaatva: hav-
 
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ing known; पुमान् : - Puman: (A person); 4A:
Mattah: Intoxicated; overjoyed; fa: Bhavati:
Becomes; (Iva: as it were); od: Sthabdha: quiet,
peaceful; भवति : bhavati: becomes; F:
Aatmaraamah: one continually enjoying the bliss of
the Atman; भवति : - Bhavati: becomes.
 
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The description of a realised devotee is continued.
 
In this Sutra the author says "By knowing That"
-by "That" he means God. But in the previous Sutra
he says "On obtaining That"-and there he means
love.
 
Jnaatwa Previous expressions were "Labdhwa"
'having gained' and 'Prapya' 'having attained'. Now
it is "having known."
 
Matto Bhavati: The devotee gets thoroughly in-
toxicated with the divine love. He spends his days
and nights in singing the praises of the Lord and in
hearing His glory. He remains merged in the Lord,
also he is not conscious of the external world.
 
He now laughs, now weeps, now cries, now sings
aloud and now begins to dance in divine ecstasy.
Through excess of joy he gets horripulation. Some-