Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /88

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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
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<p text="C">Gopis. Gopis were exalted beings. Thev should not

be judged by human standards.
 
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<p text="C">The Vaishnava saints got their inspiration from

this love of the Gopis. Nimbarka, Jayadeva, Gaoranga

and Vallabha founded their theology on this Brinda-

vana-Lila.
 
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<p text="C">Nammalvar, Sri Chaitanya, Jayadeva also were
the greatest devotees.
 

the greatest devotees.</p>
<p text="C">Th Gopis surrendered all their actions at the lotus

feet of Lord Krishna. They experienced acute agony

if they missed His presence even for a moment.

When they heard the sweet, melodious flute of their

beloved they left their houses while milking the cows.

With minds absorbed in Krishna they rushed forth

to where their lover was, without taking notice of each

other. Some did not wait to see the boiling of the

milk. Some did not take down boiled wheat from the

oven. Some were serving their husbands and some

were taking their own food. But they all left their

work half-finished. They gave up their household

duties, with clothes and ornaments all in disorder,

they hurriedly went to Krishna. When Krishna dis-

appeared they asked the trees if they had seen their

lover. They enquired of the creepers, the earth and
the deer.
 

the deer.</p>
<p text="M">तत्रापि न माहात्म्यज्ञानविस्मृत्यपवाद: ॥ २२ ॥
 
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<ignore>Sutra 22. Tatraapi na maahaatmyagyanavismritya-
pavaada.
 

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<p text="T" merge-next="true">Even there (the love of the Gopis), there is no
 
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