Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /89

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<ignore>5. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
 

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<p text="T">particular reason for forgetting the glory and great-

ness of the Lord.
 
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<p text="G"><note>todo: hyphen</note>
त
 
त्र Tatra there, i.e., in respect of the example
 

of the Gopis ; अपि Api
 
: even; न na not;
महात्म्य ज्ञा न विस्मृत्य प वा द:
 
e Mahatmya-gyana-
ven; न na not;
 
Mahatmyaismriti-gyanaapavaadah: particular reason for forgetting
the glory and greatness of the Lord.</p>
<p text="C">A full and conscious realisation of the grandeur
and majesty of God increases, all the more His sup-
 
vismriti-apavaadah: particular reason for forgetting
the glory and greatness of the Lord.
 
A full and conscious realisation of the grandeur
and majesty of God increases, all the more His sup-

reme importance as an object of admiration and adora-

tion in the eye of the devotee. Without a clear cons-

ciousness of the majesty and grandeur of God, devo-
tion cannot operate as a persistent factor of spiritual

tion cannot operate as a persistent factor of spiritual
development.
 
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<p text="C">The Gopis danced in the moonlight and played

with Sri Krishna and yet they were not unconscious

of His divinity, His Omniscience and Omnipotence

even for a second. They recognised Him as the soul

of the universe and also as their own Atma.
 
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<p text="C">The gopis surrendered themselves to Sri Krishna

knowing Him to be God Himself and the embodiment

of Satchitananda. They said to Lord Krishna, &quot;You
are the primal Purusha or Purushottama, the pro-
tector of the Devas. You are the witness of every-
thing. You have taken an incarnation for the pro
tection of the whole world.&quot;</p>
<p text="You
are the primal Purusha or Purushottama, the proC" merge-
tector of the Denext="true">The play of the Gopis is a lesson for the worldly
minded persons whose hearts are filled with passion
to rise abovas. You are the witness of ee passion by listening to the divery-
thing. You have taken an incarnation for the pro
tection of the whole world."
 
The play of the Gopis is a lesson for the worldly
minded persons whose hearts are filled with passion
to rise above passion by listening to the divine and
 
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