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<ignore>48
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
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<p text="C">heart, my soul, my chitta, my intellect, my all to my
beloved Giridhar Gopal."" This is complete self-sur-
render. Mark the words"my all.""my all." The Lord becomes
a slave of a Bhakta only when he has made absolute.
ungrudging self-surrender. He is very cruel and puts
his devotee to severe tests and trials. Only when
Surdas poked his eyes with the thorns and remained
without food and water in the thick jungle, Lord
Krishna appeared before him with sweetmeats and
water. He did not hear the words of Draupadi so
long as she kept up her own strength and traces of
egoism. When she cried aloud with perfect sincerity
and total resignation:""O Dwarakanath, my beloved!
come to my rescue."
come to my rescue." Then he ran to the scene and
she had abundant cloth and her modesty was saved.
Nyasa means renunciation. This brings Nirodha
(control) of mind. It is renunciation of the fruits of
works. Renunciation of egoism is Sarva Tyaga
(renunciation of all). All desires, selfishness, raga.
dwesha, body-idea, deha-abhimana, are hanging on
egoism. Egoism is the pivot on which all these are
centred. Kill egoism. Then the surrender becomes
complete. Even if there is a tinge or grain of egoism,
the Lord will not reveal Himself.
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<p text="M">तस्मिन्ननन्यता तद्विरोधिषूदासीनता च ॥ ९॥
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<ignore>Sutra 9. Tasminnananyata tadvirodhishooda-
seenatha cha.
seenatha cha.</ignore>
<p text="T">(Nirodha also means) single-minded devotion to
the Lord and indifference to all that is antagonistic to
Him.
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<ignore>48
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
<p text="C">heart, my soul, my chitta, my intellect, my all to my
beloved Giridhar Gopal.
render. Mark the words
a slave of a Bhakta only when he has made absolute.
ungrudging self-surrender. He is very cruel and puts
his devotee to severe tests and trials. Only when
Surdas poked his eyes with the thorns and remained
without food and water in the thick jungle, Lord
Krishna appeared before him with sweetmeats and
water. He did not hear the words of Draupadi so
long as she kept up her own strength and traces of
egoism. When she cried aloud with perfect sincerity
and total resignation:
come to my rescue."
come to my rescue." Then he ran to the scene and
she had abundant cloth and her modesty was saved.
Nyasa means renunciation. This brings Nirodha
(control) of mind. It is renunciation of the fruits of
works. Renunciation of egoism is Sarva Tyaga
(renunciation of all). All desires, selfishness, raga.
dwesha, body-idea, deha-abhimana, are hanging on
egoism. Egoism is the pivot on which all these are
centred. Kill egoism. Then the surrender becomes
complete. Even if there is a tinge or grain of egoism,
the Lord will not reveal Himself.
<p text="M">तस्मिन्ननन्यता तद्विरोधिषूदासीनता च ॥ ९॥
<ignore>Sutra 9. Tasminnananyata tadvirodhishooda-
seenatha cha.
seenatha cha.</ignore>
<p text="T">(Nirodha also means) single-minded devotion to
the Lord and indifference to all that is antagonistic to
Him.
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