Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /57

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<ignore>4. RENUNCIATION
 

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<p text="C">तस्मिन् : Tasmin in Him, in that ; अ न न्य ता :

Ananyata : singleheartedness, identification, com-

plete unification; तद्विरोधिषु : Tadvirodhishu: in

respect of what is opposed to it; उ दा सी न ता :

Udaseenata indifference; %च; cha; and.
 
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<p text="C"><bold>Ananyata</bold>:
 
Single-mindedness is an important
factor in devotion.</p>
<p text="C">Surrender everything to the Lord. Do every
action as an offering unto the Lord. Practise absolute
surrender to the Lord.</p>
<p text="C">When you surrender your mind, ego, body to the
Lord you will realise your oneness with the Lord.</p>
<p text="C">Ananyata devotee realises that the Lord alone is acting
through him, that the Lord alone has given him in-
telligence and opportunities etc. He does not take any
credit on himself. He attributes everything to Lord&apos;s
grace.</p>
<p text="C">A worldly man forgets all these and allows his
ego to assert itself at every step.</p>
<p text="C">Your real enemy is your ego. Single-mindedness is an important
factor inlay this ego, the
enemy of devotion.
 
Surrender everything to and peace. Be indifferent to its
persuasions and promptings. Place it as an offering
at the lotus feet of the Lord. Do every
action as an offering unThis is the real flower
that can be offered to the Lord. Practise a</p>
<p text="C">The child thinks of the mother and mother alone.
A passionate husbsolute
surrender to the Lord.
 
When you surrender your mind, ego, body to the
Lord youand thinks of his will realise your onenessfe and with the Lord.
 
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alone. A devotee realises that the Lord alone is acting
through him, that the Lord alone has given him in-
telligence and opportunities etc. He does not tagreedy man thinke any
credit on himself. He attributes everything to Lord's
grace.
 
A worldly man forgets all these and allows his
ego to assert itself at every step.
 
Your real enemy is your ego. Slay this ego, the
enemy of devotion and peace.
persuasions and promptings.
at the lotus feet of the Lord.
that can be offered to the Lord.
 
Be indifferent to its
Place it as an offering
This is the real flower
 
The child thinks of the mother and mother alone.
A passionate husband thinks of his wife and wife
alone. A greedy man thinks of his money and money
s of his money and money
alone. Even so the devotee should entertain in his

heart the picture of his Ishtam and Ishtam alone.
 
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