Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /71

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<p text="G">अन्यथा : Anyatha: otherwise; पातित्याशङ्कया : Patiya

Sankaya : risk of a fall.
 
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<p text="C">If the devotee who has made some spiritual pro-

gress is not careful, if he is not observing the rules of

the scriptures, he may easily relapse into past habits.
 
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<p text="C">He who deliberately violates the rules of good

conduct prescribed by the scriptures will surely have

a downfall. He will return to his previous state of

worldliness and ignorance.
 
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<p text="C"><quote>&quot;He who ignores the injunctions of the scrip-

tures and follows the promptness of desires can

neither attain perfection, nor happiness, nor the

supreme state."&quot;</quote> Gita XVI-23.
 
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<p text="C">What may have been useful in the past may not

be useful in course of time, under other circumstances

and surroundings. There arises necessities for many

readjustments in the scriptures. Realised persons

should test the scriptures in the light of their own

spiritual experiences. They should prune away super-

fluities and excrescences and remould if necessary the

rules to suit the capacity of the people. Then alone

the scriptures will be protected (Sastra Rakshanam)<error>,
 
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<p text="C">Maya is very powerful. Mysterious is the power

of Moha and desire! That is the reason why Lord

Krishna says: "<quote>&quot;O son of Kunti, the excited senses of

even a wise man, though he be striving, impetuously

carry away his mind. Such of the roving senses as the

mind yieldeth to, that hurries away the understand-

ing, just as the gale hurries away a ship upon the

waters."&quot;</quote> Chapt. II-60, 67.
 
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