Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /30

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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
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<p text="C">Atman'&apos; I am one with you. This is my firm convic-

tion.&quot;</p>
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C">Love grows wildly in the ignorant man'&apos;s heart.

There is luscious fruit of love in a corner of the heart,

but the entire heart is strewn with thorns of hatred.

jealousy and so many other vicious qualities that the

charm of love is marred. There are the bushes of

lust, anger and greed which hide within them the

wildest animals. Love lies hidden far beneath and

far beyond reach. It is as good as non-existent. But,

in the case of a true devotee of the Lord, this love has

been cultured, and the garden of his heart is cleared

of the thorns of vicious qualities, of the bushes of lust.

anger and greed. Love of God which is the sweetest

of fragrances wafts from such a heart.
 
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<p text="C">तु,
Tu, is used to differentiate the highest

Bhakti which Maharshi Narada alludes to in this

Sutra from the lower type of devotion which is

actuated by ulterior motives and desires or fear of

God, etc.
 
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<p text="C">You should know the difference between ordinary

love, the love between wife and husband, children

and parents, friends and relations.
 
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<p text="C">The word ferअस्मिन् (asmin) in this, is used in

this Sutra to denote the object of love. Narada's
&apos;s
teaching is non-sectarian. He did not use the word,

Brahman, Ishwar, Rama, Krishna, Siva, etc.) </p>
<p text="C" merge-next="true"><bold>Parama Prema Rupa:
 
Parama Prema Rupa:</bold> There is no trace of selfish-

ness or egoism or any motive or fear in this kind of

supreme love. Do not mistake emotion or fanaticism
 
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