Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /92

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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
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<p text="G">तद्विहीनमः
 
म् : Tad-viheenam deprived of that
 
:
 
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bereft of the knowledge of that (glory of the Lord or

divine greatness); जा राणाम्
ः : Jaaraanam of couples
: of couples
or paramours indulging in base, unlawful passion:

इव: Iva like.
 
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<p text="C">&quot;Tat" or 'it' means love.
 
&quot; or &apos;it&apos; means love.</p>
<p text="C">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.
 
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<p text="C">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.
 
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<p text="C">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.
 
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<p text="C">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.
 

pression on their minds.</p>
<p text="C" merge-next="true">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
 
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