Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /43

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<ignore>3. FRUITS OF BHAKTI
 
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<p text="C">rooted in desire, its frustration or its fulfilment res-

pectively. When the Bhakta is always immersed in the

thought of his Beloved (God) and sees Him alone in

everything and in every being, how can he hate any-

body? And, when there is nothing greater than God,

how can anything other than God cause elation in

him?
 
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<p text="C">When the devotee has attained Eternal Satisfac
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tion in His Love, the impulse for attaining something
else disappears and with it the desire to perform

else disappears and with it the desire to perform
actions for the achievement of any personal gains.

Only as long as there is a sense of imperfection can

there be a motive for action. In Divine Love the

Bhakta achieves Perfection. He sees the Lord in all,

and all in God. Therefore he ceases to perform actions

of his own volition. A similar idea is expressed in

the Bhagavad Gita, "&quot;He who neither rejoices nor

hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and

evil, full of devotion, he is dear to Me."
 
&quot; (Chapter
XII--17).
 
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">Thenceforward, he becomes the instrument of

God; he performs actions without his own Sankalpa,

without desire or attachment, in accordance with His

Will for the well-being of the whole world.
 
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<p text="C">Therefore, attain that Love of God in this very

instant. All your sorrows, desires, cravings, fear and

anxieties will come to an end. You will become per-

fect and you will enjoy eternal satisfaction. You will

be immersed in Perennial Bliss.
 
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