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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Sutra 20.
अस्त्येवमेवम् ॥ २० ॥
Astyevamevam.
There are such and such instances. (Examples
do exist of such perfect expression of Bhakti. So it is.
So it is.)
एवं एवम् :
Evam evam such and such, thus and
thus ; ( उदाहरण म् Udaharanam : example); अस्ति
Asti exists, there is.
The next Sutra will illustrate the view of Narada.
Bhakti is exactly as described in the foregoing
aphorism.
यथा व्रजगोपिकानाम् ॥ २१ ॥
Sutra 21. Yatha vrajagopikaanaam.
As for instance, in the case of the cow-maids of
Vraja or Brindawan.
य था
Yatha: for instance; व्रज गोपी का ना म्
Vrajagopikaanaam: in the case of the Gopis of Vraja;
the cow-maids of Vraja or Brindawan.
In this context, read the chapters 29 and 30 of
Srimad Bhagavatam.
Although there have been great devotees like
Sri Suka, Uddhava, Valmiki and others, Narada men-
tions the illiterate women of Vraja, as examples of
the highest devotion. They played with Sri Krishna
and identified themselves with Him in complete
devotion.
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
Sutra 20.
अस्त्येवमेवम् ॥ २० ॥
Astyevamevam.
There are such and such instances. (Examples
do exist of such perfect expression of Bhakti. So it is.
So it is.)
एवं एवम् :
Evam evam such and such, thus and
thus ; ( उदाहरण म् Udaharanam : example); अस्ति
Asti exists, there is.
The next Sutra will illustrate the view of Narada.
Bhakti is exactly as described in the foregoing
aphorism.
यथा व्रजगोपिकानाम् ॥ २१ ॥
Sutra 21. Yatha vrajagopikaanaam.
As for instance, in the case of the cow-maids of
Vraja or Brindawan.
य था
Yatha: for instance; व्रज गोपी का ना म्
Vrajagopikaanaam: in the case of the Gopis of Vraja;
the cow-maids of Vraja or Brindawan.
In this context, read the chapters 29 and 30 of
Srimad Bhagavatam.
Although there have been great devotees like
Sri Suka, Uddhava, Valmiki and others, Narada men-
tions the illiterate women of Vraja, as examples of
the highest devotion. They played with Sri Krishna
and identified themselves with Him in complete
devotion.