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DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
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senses without being clouded by Upadhis and purified
by being directed towards Him.
Sri Ramanujacharya identifies Bhakti with
loving meditation.
Sandilya describes Bhakti as supreme love of
God. Svapneswara comments on this Sutra and says
that this love results from the realisation of the
greatness of the Lord.
Thus there are different views. These views are
different on account of the differences in which the
divine love is experienced by devotees who are in
different stages of development or evolution and also
in different moods or states.
Lakshana means mark or characteristic or sign
All devotees unanimously agree in the essential cha
racteristics of devotion. But some give prominence
to certain indications; while others to certain other
marks. That is all. There cannot be any fundamental
difference in the essence.
Nanamatabhedat means according to various
opinions.
पूजादिष्वनुराग इति पाराशर्य : ॥ १६ ॥
Sutra 16. Poojadishwanuraga iti paaraasaryah.
Vyasa, the son of Paaraasara, is of opinion that
Bhakti consists in attachment to worship of
God and other similar acts.
: Poojadishu: in worship and like per
formances; &: Anuraga: devotion, attach-
DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
69
senses without being clouded by Upadhis and purified
by being directed towards Him.
Sri Ramanujacharya identifies Bhakti with
loving meditation.
Sandilya describes Bhakti as supreme love of
God. Svapneswara comments on this Sutra and says
that this love results from the realisation of the
greatness of the Lord.
Thus there are different views. These views are
different on account of the differences in which the
divine love is experienced by devotees who are in
different stages of development or evolution and also
in different moods or states.
Lakshana means mark or characteristic or sign
All devotees unanimously agree in the essential cha
racteristics of devotion. But some give prominence
to certain indications; while others to certain other
marks. That is all. There cannot be any fundamental
difference in the essence.
Nanamatabhedat means according to various
opinions.
पूजादिष्वनुराग इति पाराशर्य : ॥ १६ ॥
Sutra 16. Poojadishwanuraga iti paaraasaryah.
Vyasa, the son of Paaraasara, is of opinion that
Bhakti consists in attachment to worship of
God and other similar acts.
: Poojadishu: in worship and like per
formances; &: Anuraga: devotion, attach-