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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
द्विहीनमः
Tad-viheenam deprived of that
:
bereft of the knowledge of that (glory of the Lord or
divine greatness); जा राणाम्
ः Jaaraanam of couples
or paramours indulging in base, unlawful passion:
इव: Iva like.
"Tat" or 'it' means love.
Deprived of the sense of divine greatness devotion
is like the love of a woman towards her paramour
which is constantly shifting from person to person in
an indefinite manner, according as one appears more
desirable than another.
The love of Gopis was saturated with the know-
ledge of the Divine glory. It was of a very pure
nature. It was Shuddha Prem.
The relation of the Gopis with Sri Krishna is
liable to be misunderstood as something physical by
the sensually-minded. Narada warns the students of
Bhakti against mistaking the highest form of Divine
Love for base passion.
The Gopis were in a drunken state. They were
God-intoxicated. They were unconscious of their
earthly existence. They were drowned in the ocean
of Divine Bliss. The mind and senses ceased function-
ing. The external objects did not produce any im-
pression on their minds.
Divine Love is true and pure. All love other
than that for God is unlawful. To love any creature
as a creature and not as divinity embodied in it is
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
द्विहीनमः
Tad-viheenam deprived of that
:
bereft of the knowledge of that (glory of the Lord or
divine greatness); जा राणाम्
ः Jaaraanam of couples
or paramours indulging in base, unlawful passion:
इव: Iva like.
"Tat" or 'it' means love.
Deprived of the sense of divine greatness devotion
is like the love of a woman towards her paramour
which is constantly shifting from person to person in
an indefinite manner, according as one appears more
desirable than another.
The love of Gopis was saturated with the know-
ledge of the Divine glory. It was of a very pure
nature. It was Shuddha Prem.
The relation of the Gopis with Sri Krishna is
liable to be misunderstood as something physical by
the sensually-minded. Narada warns the students of
Bhakti against mistaking the highest form of Divine
Love for base passion.
The Gopis were in a drunken state. They were
God-intoxicated. They were unconscious of their
earthly existence. They were drowned in the ocean
of Divine Bliss. The mind and senses ceased function-
ing. The external objects did not produce any im-
pression on their minds.
Divine Love is true and pure. All love other
than that for God is unlawful. To love any creature
as a creature and not as divinity embodied in it is