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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Devotion gives Immortality. Bhakti is an embodi-
ment of Amrita or nectar. Nitya Sukha (eternal bliss),
Immortality, Param Santi (supreme peace), Nitya
Tripti (eternal satisfaction), Akhanda Sukha (un-
broken joy) can be had only in God. That is the
reason why aspirants attempt for God-realisation.
Worldly pleasure is not constant. He who smiles and
laughs for five minutes weeps bitterly for hours to-
gether. No man in this world is perfectly happy.
A multi-millionaire is full of cares, worries, anxieties
and fear. He is afraid of enemies. He is guarded by
sepoys. He has to take injections for getting sleep,
as he is always worried. He is worse than a prisoner.
Rockfeller, the richest man in the world, who could
pave a road of several miles with golden sheets, ex-
pressed to a priest who went to behold his glory and
opulence: "O revered priest! I am the most miserable
man in the world. I cannot eat anything; my stomach,
kidneys and liver are filled with germs and diseases.
I am always restless." Maitreyi puts a question to
her husband, Yajnavalkya, "O My Lord! can the
wealth of the three worlds give me immortality?"
Yajnavalkya replied, "Certainly not, my beloved."
Yama also says to Nachiketas: "Wealthy people on
account of delusion and pride lose their memory, in-
tellect and understanding, and go round and round
in this impermanent and unhappy world and come
again and again in my clutches. Wealth and woman
are the two snares to entrap the worldly-minded
persons whose minds are filled with lust and greed.
You are above these things. You have shunned all
my temptations. You have selected the "Sreya
Marga."
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Devotion gives Immortality. Bhakti is an embodi-
ment of Amrita or nectar. Nitya Sukha (eternal bliss),
Immortality, Param Santi (supreme peace), Nitya
Tripti (eternal satisfaction), Akhanda Sukha (un-
broken joy) can be had only in God. That is the
reason why aspirants attempt for God-realisation.
Worldly pleasure is not constant. He who smiles and
laughs for five minutes weeps bitterly for hours to-
gether. No man in this world is perfectly happy.
A multi-millionaire is full of cares, worries, anxieties
and fear. He is afraid of enemies. He is guarded by
sepoys. He has to take injections for getting sleep,
as he is always worried. He is worse than a prisoner.
Rockfeller, the richest man in the world, who could
pave a road of several miles with golden sheets, ex-
pressed to a priest who went to behold his glory and
opulence: "O revered priest! I am the most miserable
man in the world. I cannot eat anything; my stomach,
kidneys and liver are filled with germs and diseases.
I am always restless." Maitreyi puts a question to
her husband, Yajnavalkya, "O My Lord! can the
wealth of the three worlds give me immortality?"
Yajnavalkya replied, "Certainly not, my beloved."
Yama also says to Nachiketas: "Wealthy people on
account of delusion and pride lose their memory, in-
tellect and understanding, and go round and round
in this impermanent and unhappy world and come
again and again in my clutches. Wealth and woman
are the two snares to entrap the worldly-minded
persons whose minds are filled with lust and greed.
You are above these things. You have shunned all
my temptations. You have selected the "Sreya
Marga."