Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /63

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<ignore>4. RENUNCIATION
 

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<p><quote>&quot;With the mind not wandering after anything else,

harmonised by continued practice, constantly medi

tating, O partha, one goeth to the Spirit Supreme

Divine."&quot;</quote> Ch. VIII --- 8. "<quote>&quot;Place thy mind in Me, into

Me let thy reason enter; then without doubt thou

shalt abide in Me hereafter. But if thou art not able

firmly to fix thy mind on Me then by the Yoga of

practice (Abhyasa Yoga) seek to reach Me, O Dhanan-

jaya."&quot;</quote> Chapter XII --- 8, 9. In the practice of con-

centration one should have the same patience and

perseverance as that of the bird which tried to empty

the ocean with its beak or blade of grass. Arjuna

aimed at the bird above by seeing the reflection of the

bird in the water. The arrow-maker was so much

absorbed in his work that he did not notice the huge

crowd of Raja and his retinue. Such must be the

nature of concentration in God in the Adhyatmic

battle-field. Just as the bird that is tied to a post

flutters about hither and thither and eventually rests

in the post, so also the mind that wanders about here

and there in sensual objects finally rests in God,

through the practice of one-pointed concentration and

devotion.
 
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<p text="M">लोकवेदेषु तदनुकूलाचरणं तद्विरोधिषूदासीनता ॥ ११ ॥
 
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<ignore>Sutra 11. Lokavedeshu Tadanukoolacharanam
 

Tadvirodhishoodaaseenata.
 
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<p text="T">By "&quot;indifference to all which are hostile to Him"
is understood the performance of these secular and
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is understood the performance of these secular and
religious activities which are congenial to Him.
 
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