Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /78

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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
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<p text="G">ment, ardour;
 
fiti इति : iti: thus; पाराशर्यः Paaraasarya :
son of the sage Paaraasarya :
 
son of the sage Parasara.
 
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<p text="C">Ardour in worship and similar performances is

the chief characteristic of the love of God or the mark

of devotion according to the sage, Sri Vyasa.
 
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<p text="C">Worship ranges from the worship of an image as

a symbol of God to the worship of Virat, Hiranya-

garbha, etc.
 
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<p text="C">Worship should be both external and internal or

mental (Manasic Pooja).
 
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<p text="C">When the devotee develops attachment for wor-

ship of God, his mind will automatically withdraw it-

self from the objects of the world.
 
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<p text="C">Those who perform worship of God attain the

Supreme, eternal and blissful abode of God.
 
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<p text="C">The devotee establishes identity with the Abso-

lute through rigorous and constant meditation. This

is the highest form of worship.
 
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<p text="C">The worship is offered to the Lord within us.

This is also internal worship. Internal worship or

Manasic Pooja is more powerful than the external

worship with flowers, etc. Bheema did manasic pooja.

It was more powerful than the external worship done

by Arjuna.
 
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<p text="C" merge-next="true">Poosalan Nayanar, one of the Tamil saints out

of the sixty-three Tamil Saints who are adored

in all Siva temples, mentally constructed a temple for

Siva in his village, Tiruninnravur. It took for him

three years to construct the temple mentally.
 
He
 
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