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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
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<p text="G">तस्मिन् :
Tasmin in that (profane love), there-
in, in illicit love;
तत् सुखसुखित्वम् : Tat sukha.
sukhitwam : happiness in the happiness of the other;
era: asti is, exists; 5a:
न: na not;
certainly.
अस्ति : asti is, exists; एव : eva:
certainly.</p>
<p text="C">In that sort of love, there is no idea at all of one's
's
feeling happy in the happiness of the other.
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<p text="C">In the case of the Gopis, the Beloved was God
Himself. There was no desire in them for physical
contact. They tried to make Sri Krshna happy by
offering their all to Him.
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<p text="C" merge-next="true">They derived immense happiness from this act of
service. They had no idea of any sensual enjoyment.
Sensuality is selfish passion. It seeks gratification
through others, but pure, divine love seeks to make
the Beloved happy and to derive happiness from the
happiness of the later. The desire for gratification
of one'
of one's own senses is kama or sensuality.
The object of kama is self-gratification, while
Prema or pure love has the happiness of Sri
Krishna for its object. The Gopis did not care for
their own happiness<fix>.</fix> The happiness of Sri Krishna,
is the purpose of all their activities. They renounced
all comforts, all worldly duties, etc., in order to wor-
ship Sri Krishna and make Him happy. There was
no trace of Kama or sensuality in the Gopis. Their
love was exceedingly pure, divine and transcendent.
They surrendered all their possessions to Sri
Krishna. They offered their body, mind, intellect,
wealth, youth and life itself. They were very restless
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<ignore>86
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
<p text="G">तस्मिन् :
in, in illicit love;
sukhitwam : happiness in the happiness of the other;
era: asti is, exists; 5a:
न: na not;
certainly.
<p text="C">In that sort of love, there is no idea at all of one
feeling happy in the happiness of the other.
<p text="C">In the case of the Gopis, the Beloved was God
Himself. There was no desire in them for physical
contact. They tried to make Sri Krshna happy by
offering their all to Him.
<p text="C" merge-next="true">They derived immense happiness from this act of
service. They had no idea of any sensual enjoyment.
Sensuality is selfish passion. It seeks gratification
through others, but pure, divine love seeks to make
the Beloved happy and to derive happiness from the
happiness of the later. The desire for gratification
of one'
of one's own senses is kama or sensuality.
The object of kama is self-gratification, while
Prema or pure love has the happiness of Sri
Krishna for its object. The Gopis did not care for
their own happiness<fix>.</fix> The happiness of Sri Krishna,
is the purpose of all their activities. They renounced
all comforts, all worldly duties, etc., in order to wor-
ship Sri Krishna and make Him happy. There was
no trace of Kama or sensuality in the Gopis. Their
love was exceedingly pure, divine and transcendent.
They surrendered all their possessions to Sri
Krishna. They offered their body, mind, intellect,
wealth, youth and life itself. They were very restless
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