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1. THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE
1.
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Om Sat Guru Paramatmane Namah.
Om Sri Ganesaya Namah.
Om Sarasvatyai Namah.
Salutations to Deva Rishi Narada.
THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE
अथातो भक्ति व्याख्यास्यामः ॥ १ ॥
Sutra 1. Athatho Bhaktim Vyakhyasyaamah.
17
17
Now, therefore, we shall expound Bhakti (devo-
tion).
अथ Atha: now, 3: Athah: therefore,
Bhaktim: (the doctrine of)
devotion,
Vyakhyasyaamah: (we) shall expound.
व्याख्यास्याम :
Sutra means an aphorism or terse saying im-
pregnant with deep significance. Just as flowers or
pearls are arranged or studded on a thread, so also
philosophical ideas are studded or spread or arranged
in the aphorism. Rishis always have expressed their
ideas in the form of laconic Sutras. That is the beauty
in the writings of Rishis or seers. That is the sign of
God-realisation. The six Dharsans or schools of
philosophy are embodied in the form of Sutras only.
Without a commentary it is difficult for laymen to
understand these Sutras.
Atha means now. It is sometimes used in the
sense of sequence. It is a word that is used when a
subject is begun to invoke the Divine blessing and for
1.
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Om Sat Guru Paramatmane Namah.
Om Sri Ganesaya Namah.
Om Sarasvatyai Namah.
Salutations to Deva Rishi Narada.
THE NATURE OF DIVINE LOVE
अथातो भक्ति व्याख्यास्यामः ॥ १ ॥
Sutra 1. Athatho Bhaktim Vyakhyasyaamah.
17
17
Now, therefore, we shall expound Bhakti (devo-
tion).
अथ Atha: now, 3: Athah: therefore,
Bhaktim: (the doctrine of)
devotion,
Vyakhyasyaamah: (we) shall expound.
व्याख्यास्याम :
Sutra means an aphorism or terse saying im-
pregnant with deep significance. Just as flowers or
pearls are arranged or studded on a thread, so also
philosophical ideas are studded or spread or arranged
in the aphorism. Rishis always have expressed their
ideas in the form of laconic Sutras. That is the beauty
in the writings of Rishis or seers. That is the sign of
God-realisation. The six Dharsans or schools of
philosophy are embodied in the form of Sutras only.
Without a commentary it is difficult for laymen to
understand these Sutras.
Atha means now. It is sometimes used in the
sense of sequence. It is a word that is used when a
subject is begun to invoke the Divine blessing and for