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5. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
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particular reason for forgetting the glory and great-
ness of the Lord.
त
Tatra there, i.e., in respect of the example
of the Gopis ; अपि Api
महात्म्य ज्ञा न विस्मृत्य प वा द:
even; न na not;
Mahatmya-gyana-
vismriti-apavaadah: particular reason for forgetting
the glory and greatness of the Lord.
A full and conscious realisation of the grandeur
and majesty of God increases, all the more His sup-
reme importance as an object of admiration and adora-
tion in the eye of the devotee. Without a clear cons-
ciousness of the majesty and grandeur of God, devo-
tion cannot operate as a persistent factor of spiritual
development.
The Gopis danced in the moonlight and played
with Sri Krishna and yet they were not unconscious
of His divinity, His Omniscience and Omnipotence
even for a second. They recognised Him as the soul
of the universe and also as their own Atma.
The gopis surrendered themselves to Sri Krishna
knowing Him to be God Himself and the embodiment
of Satchitananda. They said to Lord Krishna, "You
are the primal Purusha or Purushottama, the pro-
tector of the Devas. You are the witness of every-
thing. You have taken an incarnation for the pro
tection of the whole world."
The play of the Gopis is a lesson for the worldly
minded persons whose hearts are filled with passion
to rise above passion by listening to the divine and
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particular reason for forgetting the glory and great-
ness of the Lord.
त
Tatra there, i.e., in respect of the example
of the Gopis ; अपि Api
महात्म्य ज्ञा न विस्मृत्य प वा द:
even; न na not;
Mahatmya-gyana-
vismriti-apavaadah: particular reason for forgetting
the glory and greatness of the Lord.
A full and conscious realisation of the grandeur
and majesty of God increases, all the more His sup-
reme importance as an object of admiration and adora-
tion in the eye of the devotee. Without a clear cons-
ciousness of the majesty and grandeur of God, devo-
tion cannot operate as a persistent factor of spiritual
development.
The Gopis danced in the moonlight and played
with Sri Krishna and yet they were not unconscious
of His divinity, His Omniscience and Omnipotence
even for a second. They recognised Him as the soul
of the universe and also as their own Atma.
The gopis surrendered themselves to Sri Krishna
knowing Him to be God Himself and the embodiment
of Satchitananda. They said to Lord Krishna, "You
are the primal Purusha or Purushottama, the pro-
tector of the Devas. You are the witness of every-
thing. You have taken an incarnation for the pro
tection of the whole world."
The play of the Gopis is a lesson for the worldly
minded persons whose hearts are filled with passion
to rise above passion by listening to the divine and