Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /47

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<ignore>3. FRUITS OF BHAKTI
 

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<p text="C">by Yoga, enjoys happiness exempt from decay (Ch.

XVIII-38 and V. 21). "&quot;The man who rejoiceth in the

Self, with the Self is satisfied, and is content in the

Self, for him verily there is nothing to do."&quot; Ch.

III-17. Nothing can shake a man who rejoices in the

Self (Atmarati); who is satisfied in the Self (Atma

tripta); and who is contented in the Self (Atma San-

tushti); and who plays in the Self (Atma Kreeda).
 
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<p text="C" merge-next="true"><note>TODO: worldly-minded should be hyphenated on publish</note>
It is Vasana (subtle desire) that draws a man

outside towards external objects. Avidya (ignorance)

has got two forces, the Avarana or veiling power, the

shakti that screens the man from his real Satchit-

ananda Swaroop behind and the Vikshepa Shakti

that makes the mind and senses outgoing. The rest-

lessness of the mind is due to desire and Vikshepa

Sakti. Avidya clouds the understanding and produces

intoxication, destroys the intellect and makes the

intellect perverted, stony and barren. Therefore, man

always thinks that he can get pleasure in externa!

objects, mistakes the body, children and wife as Atma

and takes the unreal world as real. When lust mani-

fests the intellect becomes blind and the most intelli-

gent man becomes an easy prey to passion. A worldly..
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minded man vainly searches for his happiness in out-

side perishable objects. The idea that he should dive

deep into the chambers of his heart by collecting all

the dissipated rays of the mind, and withdrawing the

out-going senses and meditate on God never strikes

him. He never believes in devotion, concentration

and meditation. He cannot imagine of a pure, un-

alloyed happiness that is independent of external

objects, although he enjoys the bliss of the Self daily
 
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