Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /79

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<ignore>5. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
 

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<p text="C">fixed also mentally the date on which the Kumbha-

bhishekam ceremony was to be conducted. Lord Siva

attended the ceremony.
 
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<p text="C">External pooja consists of sixteen parts, viz.,

Avahanam, (invitation of the Lord); Asanam (offering

of seat); Padyam (offering of water to wash the feet);

Arghyam (offering of water as a mark of respect)
;
Achamanam (water to be sipped); Madhuparkam

(offering of milk and fruit); Snanam (bath); Vastram

(offering of clothes); Yajnopaveetam (putting sacred

thread); Gandham and Akshata (offering of sandal

paste and rice); Pushpam (offering of flowers); Dhu
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pam (offering of incence); Deepam (waving of lights);

Neivedyam (offering of food); Tambulam (offering

beetles) and Niranjanam (the waving of lighted can

phor).
 
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<p text="C"><bold>Poojadishu:</bold> This refers to celebration of festi-

vals, building and renovation of temples, sacred

dance, devotional works of art such as painting and

sculpture, acts of charity, digging of tanks, making of

images, Vahanams or vehicles, lamps, the daily supply

of flowers, sandal paste, incence, scents, bhog or Nai-

vedya, giving of silks and clothes for the images and

for decoration, etc.
 
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<p text="C">Worship may be continued even after realisation.

Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhavan, Gauranga, engaged

themselves in worship even after realisation.
 
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<p text="C" merge-next="true"><bold>Anuraga :</bold> Anuraga means 'intense attachment
&apos;intense attachment
to the Lord'&apos;. The word 'anuraga'&apos;anuraga&apos; ordinarily means

only mere love but in Bhakti scriptures it means the
 
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