Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /99

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<ignore>6. SUPREMACY OF DEVOTION
 

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<p text="C">God; the intellect realises the glory and majesty of

the Lord; the emotion experiences the bliss of divine

ecstacy.
 
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<p text="C">Arjuna puts a question to the Lord: "<quote>&quot;Those devo-

tees who ever harmonised worship Thee and those

also who worship the indestructible, the Unmani-

fested, of thesc who is the more learned in Yoga."
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Chapter XII-1. The Lord gives the answer: "<quote>&quot;They

who with mind fixed on Me ever harmonised worship

Me, with faith supreme endowed, they in my opinion

are the best in Yoga."&quot;</quote> Then again He says: "<quote>&quot;The

Yogi is greater than even the wise; the Yogi is

greater than the men of action; therefore become

thou a Yogi, O Arjuna."</quote><quote><error>&quot;</error></quote><quote> And among all Yogis, he

who, full of faith, with the inner Self abiding in Me,

adoreth Me, he is considered by Me to be the most

completely harmonised."&quot;</quote> Chapt. VI---46-47. You

will find in the eighth chapter, sloka 22 of the Gita :
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<quote>&quot;He, the highest spirit, O Partha, may be reached by

unswerving devotion to Me alone within whom all

beings dwell, by whom all this is pervaded."&quot;</quote> And

again in chapter XI-54 you will find <quote>&quot;But by single-
minded devotion, can I thus be perceived, O Arjuna,
and known and seen in essence and entered, O,
Parantapa.&quot;</quote></p>
<p text="C" merge-next="true">There is the keynote of devotion and surrender
throughout the Gita. Buthakti Marga is easy for the
vast majority of persons. God takes a form for help-
ing the devotees. There are no pitfalls or snares in
the path. The Lord is ever ready to guide the devo-
tee. He actually takes him by singleHis hands and em-
minded de
braces him in His sweet bosom of lovotion, can I thus be perceived, O Arjuna,
and known and seen in essence and entered, O,
Parantapae."
 
There is the keynote of devotion and surrender
throughout the Gita. Bhakti Marga is easy for the
vast majority of persons. God takes a form for help-
ing the devotees. There are no pitfalls or snares in
the path. The Lord is ever ready to guide the devo-
tee. He actually takes him by His hands and em-
braces him in His sweet bosom of love. He showers
 
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