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Bhakti-sandarbha · Reading 27 of 29

Sections 308–326

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Bhakti · Sanskrit §308 · English §312

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[३०८] एवं च - शान्ताः सम-दृशः शुद्धाः सर्व-भूतानुरञ्जनाः । यान्त्य् अञ्जसाच्युत-पदम् अच्युत-प्रिय-बान्धवाः ॥ [भ्प् ४.१२.३७] (पगे १६१) अच्युत एव प्रिय-बान्धवो येषाम् । अच्युतस्य पदं तत्-सनाथं लोकम् । अच्युत-शब्दावृत्त्या फलस्य केनाप्य् अंशेन व्यभिचारित्वं नेति दृश्यते ॥ ॥ ४.१२ ॥ श्री-मैत्रेयः ॥ ३०८ ॥

[308] evaṃ ca - śāntāḥ sama-dṛśaḥ śuddhāḥ sarva-bhūtānurañjanāḥ | yānty añjasācyuta-padam acyuta-priya-bāndhavāḥ || [BhP 4.12.37] (page 161) acyuta eva priya-bāndhavo yeṣām | acyutasya padaṃ tat-sanāthaṃ lokam | acyuta-śabdāvṛttyā phalasya kenāpy aṃśena vyabhicāritvaṃ neti dṛśyate || || 4.12 || śrī-maitreyaḥ || 308 ||

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English witness · section(s) 312

Anuccheda 312

1 In this way raganuga bhakti where the devotee has the idea of becoming one of the Lord's beloveds is shown. An example of this is seen in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana, in the story of the girl Kamakala. Examples of ruci-bhakti where the devotee has the idea of becoming a servant of the Lord or associating with Him in the other rasa are seen in other places in the scriptures. An example of a servant is given in the following words of Sri Prahlada (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.24): "My dear Lord, now I have complete experience concerning the worldly opulence, mystic power, longevity and other material pleasures enjoyed by all living entities, from Lord Brahma down to the ant. As powerful time, You destroy them all. Therefore, because of my experience, I do not wish to possess them. My dear Lord, I request You to place me in touch with Your pure devotee and let me serve him as a sincere servant."* 2 In Sri Narada-pancaratra a devotee says: "O master of the universes, when, with a graceful and deep voice will you order me, "Take a camara in your hand and fan Me'." 3-4 In the Skanda Purana and in the Sanat-kumara-samhita, in the story of King Prabhakara, it is said: "Although he was sonless, the king did not desire a son. He considered that his condition was already ordained by his part karma. Instead, he wished that Lord Vasudeva, the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is glorified by all the Upanisads and who is the Supersoul in everyone's heart, would become his son. He wanted to crown the Supreme Lord as the next king and give the kingdom to Him. He did not wish for a son that would not be the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself." 5 Finally the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared before the king and said, "I will become your son." 6 In the Narayana-vyuha-stava it is said: "I offer my respectful obeisances to they who always meditate on Lord Hari as their husband, son, friend, brother, father, or mother." 7 In this verse the words husband, son, friend, and brother refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the object of meditation and the words father and mother refer to the devotee who is meditating on the Lord. The affix "vat" (like) here means that the devotee does not directly become the Lord's mother, but rather becomes a follower of the Lord's mother. The same is true for the Lord's father. To think otherwise is to accept the impersonalists' error of ahangrahopasana (thinking oneself the object of worship). Here the word "dhyayant" (they meditate) confirms the previous explanation of the importance of the mind in raganuga bhakti. The word "api" (even) here means "How exalted are they who serve the Lord in perfect raganuga bhakti?" 8 Here someone may object: The Purva-mimamsa affirms, "Religion means following the orders of scripture", and the Brahma-yamala also affirms, "Devotional service to the Lord that ignores the authorised Vedic literatures like the Upanisads, Puranas, Narada-pancaratra, etc., is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society."* Therefore to ignore the orders of the Sruti-sastra and other scriptures is a great fault. 9 The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself affirms: "The Sruti and Smrti sastras are My commands. Therefore one who disobeys the scripture disobeys Me. Such a person hates Me. He may claim to be devoted to Me, but in truth he is not." 10 This verse shows that disobedience to the duties and prohibitions of the Sruti-sastra and other scriptures makes one ineligible to be a Vaisnava. How, then can one attain perfection by following a kind of devotional service (ragatmika bhakti) that ignores these rules and regulations? If this is said, then the following reply is given: Spiritual potency is present in the Lord's holy name, qualities and all else that is in relation to Him. It is not present in the rules of ordinary religion. In many places the scriptures affirm that one attains the result of devotional service without reference to impersonal speculation or any other method. The rules of the scriptures do not have power to act by themselves, without reference of a person. They have power because they have come from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore they who, having no knowledge of attraction (ruci) to the Lord, raise these objections, have no real understanding of the activities of ragatmika bhakti. 11 This is shown by the following statement of Srimad Bhagavatam (11.2.35): "O King, one who accepts this process of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead will never blunder on his path in this world. Even while running with eyes closed, he will never trip or fall."*** 12 A person who is somehow or other engaged in the attempt to fix his mind in thinking of the Lord is a person who actually follows the rules of devotional service. A person who does not have attraction for the Lord and does not yearn to always engage in devotional service does not actually follow the rules of devotional service. Such a person may perish from the attack of impersonalism or from other calamities. The rules of devotional service are not established for their own sake. They are meant to make one attracted to the Lord, to make the mind fall in love (ragatmika) with the charming Supreme Personality of Godhead. 13 The Supreme Personality of Godhead declares (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.11.33): "My devotees may or may not know exactly what I am, who I am and how I exist, but if they worship Me with unalloyed love, then I consider them to be the best of devotees."*** This means that even if one acts with the wrong motive, or even out of malice, and even if one is merely mimicking the actions of devotional service, if one somehow or other engages in ragatmika bhakti, he will attain the result obtained by engaging in ragatmika bhakti. This is described in the scriptures. 14 Simply by mimicking the activities of the Lord's nurse or mother, Putana attained the perfection of ragatmika bhakti. This is described in the following words of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.14.35) where Brahma tells Lord Krsna: "My mind becomes bewildered just trying to think of what reward other than You could be found anywhere. You are the embodiment of all benedictions, which You bestow upon these residents of the cowherd community of Vrndavana. You have already arranged to give Yourself to Putana and her family members in exchange for her disguising herself as a devotee. So what is left for You to give these devotees of Vrndavana, whose homes, wealth, friends, dear relations, bodies, children and very lives and hearts are all dedicated only to You?"*** If this was true for Putana, then what may be said of the devotees who are attracted (ruci) to the Lord and always sincerely engaged in the activities of devotional service? In Srimad Bhagavatam (10.6.35-36) it is also said: 15-16 "Putana was always hankering for the blood of human children, and with that desire she came to kill Krsna. But because she offered her breast to the Lord, she attained the greatest achievement. What then is to be said of those who had natural devotion and affection for Krsna as mothers and who offered Him their breasts to suck or offered something very dear, as a mother offers something to a child?"* 17 The Lord Himself declares (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.20.36): "Material piety and sin, which arise from the good and evil of this world, cannot exist within My unalloyed devotees, who, being free from material hankering, maintain steady spiritual consciousness in all circumstances. Indeed, such devotees have achieved Me, the Supreme Lord, who am beyond anything that can be conceived by material intelligence."*** 18 The state of being an unalloyed (ekanti) devotee of the Lord is attained by having faith in devotional service. When one is attracted (ruci) to the Lord, one naturally respects the rules and regulations described in the scriptures. Attraction to the Lord is very rare. If a person has no respect for the rules and regulations of the scriptures and thinks himself an unalloyed devotee, he is merely a proud hypocrite. This is confirmed by the following words of the Brahma-yamala: "Devotional service to the Lord that ignores the authorised Vedic literatures like the Upanisads, Puranas, Narada-pancaratra, etc., is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society."* Therefore the criticism that they do not honour the rules of scripture cannot be thrown at they who are genuinely attracted (ruci) to the Lord. This is also seen in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.6.35-36 (quoted in texts 15 and 16 of this anuccheda). 19 In the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda it is said: "They who have no love or attraction for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and act as they like, ignoring the instructions of the Vedas, are known as offenders and atheists." Here the word "priti" means "attraction". 20 One who deliberately dishonours the instructions of scripture is to be criticised, but one who is merely ignorant of those instructions is not to be criticised. This is seen in the following words of Srimad Bhagavatam (11.2.35): "O King, one who accepts this process of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will never blunder on his path in this world. Even while running with eyes closed, he will never trip or fall."*** 21 In the Gautamiya Tantra it is said: "For they who are always fallen in love with the lotus feet of Lord Krsna there is no japa, no Deity worship, no meditation, and no rules." 22 When attraction (ruci) is not yet manifested even the best raganuga bhakti is considered to be mixed with vaidhi bhakti. Even a devotee who has attraction (ruci) for the Lord may, in order to benefit the people of the world, engage in raganuga bhakti mixed with vaidhi bhakti. Therefore, in some situations it is appropriate to practice raganuga bhakti mixed with vaidhi bhakti. 23 Some devotees chant the eighteen-syllable mantra and meditate on Lord Krsna surrounded by all His associates attracted by the music of His flute at the time for milking the cows. Other devotees think in this way: "I chant this mantra that my spiritual master has given me so that I may attain my desire and become one of the people of Vraja. Then I will directly serve Lord Krsna, the son of Vraja's king." 24 Now will be discussed these words spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead (and previously quoted in text 9): "The Sruti and Smrti sastras are My commands. Therefore one who disobeys the scripture disobeys Me. Such a person hates Me. He may claim to be devoted to Me, but in truth he is not." Disobedience of the commands of scripture is of two kinds: 1. disobeying the dharma-sastras, and 2. disobeying the bhakti-sastras. 25 A person who has faith in devotional service does not fall down from his position as a Vaisnava if because of wickedness, or another reason, or for no reason at all, he does not perform the duties described in the dharma-sastras. This is described in the following words of Srimad Bhagavatam (11.5.41): "One who has given up all material duties and taken full shelter at the lotus feet of Mukunda, who gives shelter to all, is not indebted to the demigods, great sages, ordinary living beings, relatives, friends, mankind, or even one's forefathers who have passed away."* 26 The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself declares (Bhagavad-gita 9.30): "Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination."* 27 They who are attracted to the Lord in this way do not desire the happiness of liberation from the world of birth and death, what to speak of the horrible happiness created by sinful deeds. They do not commit sins, if somehow by mistake or by accident they commit a sin, that sin is destroyed in a single moment. 28 Also, in Srimad Bhagavatam (11.5.42) it is said: "One who has given up everything and taken full shelter at the lotus feet of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is very dear to Krsna. If he is involved in some sinful activity by accident, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is seated within everyone's heart, removes his sins without difficulty."* 29 The duties and prohibitions described in the Vaisnava-sastras have the pleasure of Lord Visnu as their only goal. Thus a person who is attracted (ruci) to the Lord and who loves (raga) the Lord will perform certain activities and refrain from other activities. This is because such a person has the pleasure of the Lord as the only goal of his life. 30 A person following the path of ragatmika bhakti does not consider what should be done and what should not be done from the point of view of ordinary considerations. He accepts only activities that are favourable for devotional service. 31 Thus a devotee who is attracted (ruci) to the Lord and who follows the path of raganuga bhakti will follow the scriptures' description of how to engage in devotional service. However, even the residents of Gokula, the raganuga-bhaktas who were personal associates of the Lord, performed Vaisnava duties and even ordinary worldly duties to bring auspiciousness to Krsna and protect Him from troubles and obstacles. 32 The Supreme Personality of Godhead declares (in Brahma-yamala, also quoted in texts 9 and 24 of this anuccheda): "The Sruti and Smrti sastras are My commands. Therefore one who disobeys the scripture disobeys Me. Such a person hates Me. He may claim to be devoted to Me, but in truth he is not." These words do not apply to the devotees engaged in raganuga bhakti, for such devotees are already on the right path in spiritual life. Rather, this verse is addressed to they who follow the wrong paths, the paths of heretics and atheists like Buddha, Rsabhadeva, Dattatreya and others. 33 The scriptures declare: "A heretic opposed to the religion of the Vedas may worship his own deity. However, he will go to hell until the time when the universe is destroyed by floods." 34 Even though many Vedic rules are not followed in it, raganuga bhakti is not outside the path of the Vedas. Actually raganuga bhakti is the perfection of the religion described in the Vedas and the scriptures that explain the Vedas. This is so because raganuga bhakti makes one attracted (ruci) to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Vedas are described many heretics and atheists, such as Buddha, who are opposed to the Vedas and thus are outside the sphere of Vedic religion. For example, in Srimad Bhagavatam (1.3.24) it is said: 35 "Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Anjana, in the province of Gaya, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist."* 36 Therefore raganuga bhakti is proper and correct. It is much better than vaidhi bhakti. The previously discussed rules of the scriptures are meant for merging into the existence of the Lord. When the mind is attracted to the Lord, then one may merge into Him. It is not a matter of rules and regulations. It is a matter of the nature of the mind. 37 The rules encourage what is favourable for this and forbid what is not favourable. In that way one quickly merges into the existence of the Lord. When all unwanted materialism is destroyed, then one is able to merge into the existence of the Lord. This is a vivid example of the great power of the path followed by the mind. When the conditions are favourable, then one can attain the goal sought by the impersonalists. 38 The following explanation (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.15) is given to show the power of the mind's thoughts and emotions: 39 "Maharaja Yudhisthira inquired: It is very wonderful that the demon Sisupala merged into the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead even though extremely envious. This sayujya-mukti is impossible to attain even for great transcendentalists. How then did the enemy of the Lord attain it?"* 40 Here the word "ekantinam" means "of the impersonalists".

Bhakti · Sanskrit §309 · English §313

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[३०९] अथ आत्म-निवेदनम् । तच् च देहादि-शुद्धात्म-पर्यन्तस्य सर्वतो-भावेन तस्मिन्न् एवार्पणम् । तत्-कार्यं चात्मार्थ-चेष्टा-शून्यत्वं तन्-न्यस्तात्म- साधन-साध्यत्वं तद्-अर्थैक-चेष्टामयत्वं च । इदं ह्य् आत्मार्पणं गो- विक्रयवत विक्रीतस्य गोर् वर्तनार्थं विर्कीतवता चेष्टा न क्रियते । तस्य च श्रेयः-साधकस् तत्-क्रीतवान् एव स्यात् । स च गौस् तस्यैव कर्म कुर्यात् । न पुनर् विक्रीतवतोऽपीति । इदम् एवात्मार्पणं श्री-रुक्मिणी-वाक्ये - तन् मे भवान् खलु वृतः पतिर् अङ्ग जायाम् आत्मार्पितश् च भवतोऽत्र विभो विधेहि । [भ्प् १०.५२.३९] इति । अथ केचिद् देहार्पणम् एवात्मार्पणम् इति मन्यन्ते । यथा भक्ति-विवेके - चिन्तां कुर्यान् न रक्षायै विक्रीतस्य यथा पशोः । तथार्पयन् हरौ देहं विरमेद् अस्य रक्षणात् ॥ इति । केचिच् छुद्ध-क्षेत्रज्ञार्पणम् एव । यथा श्रीमद्-आलबन्दारु-स्तोत्रे - वपुर्-आदिषु योऽपि कोऽपि वा गुणतोऽमानि यथा-तथा-विधः । तद् अयं तव पाद-पद्मयोर् अहम् अद्यैव मया समर्पितः ॥ [स्तोत्र-रत्नम् ४९] इति । केचिच् च दक्षिण-हस्तादिकम् अप्य् अर्पयन्तस् तेन तत्-कर्म-मात्रं कुर्वते, न तु देहादिकर्मेत्य् अद्यापि दृश्यते । तद् एतत् सर्वात्मकं सकार्यम् आत्म- निवेदनं यथा -- स वै मनः कृष्ण-पदारविन्दयोर् वचांसि वैकुण्ठ-गुणानुवर्णने करौ हरेर् मन्दिर-मार्जनादिषु श्रुतिं चकाराच्युत-सत्-कथोदये ॥ मुकुन्द-लिङ्गालय-दर्शने दृशौ तद्-भृत्य-गात्र-स्पर्शेऽङ्ग-सङ्गमम् । घ्राणं च तत्-पाद-सरोज-सौरभे श्रीमत्-तुलस्या रसनां तद्-अर्पिते ॥ पादौ हरेः क्षेत्र-पदानुसर्पणे शिरो हृषीकेश-पदाभिवन्दने । कामं च दास्ये न तु काम-काम्यया यथोत्तमश्लोक-जनाश्रया रतिः ॥ [भ्प् ९.४.१८-२०] चकार अर्पयामास । कृष्ण-पदारविन्दयोर् इत्य् आदिकम् उपलक्षणं तत्- सेवादीनाम् । लिङ्गं श्री-मूर्तिः । आलयस् तद्-भक्तस् तन्-मन्दिरादिः । श्रीमत्- तुलस्यास् तत्-पाद-सरोज-सम्बन्धि यत् सौरभं तस्मिन् । तद्-अर्पिते महा- प्रसादान् नादौ । कामं सङ्कल्पं च दास्ये निमित्ते कथं चकार । यथा येन प्रकारेण उत्तमः-श्लोक-जनाश्रया रतिः सा भवेद् इति । अत्र सर्वथा तत्रैव सङ्ख्यातात्म-निक्षेपः कृत इति वैशिष्ट्यापत्त्या स्मरणादिमयोपासनस्यैवात्मार्पणत्वम् । एवम् एवोक्तम् --श्रद्धामृत- कथायां मे शश्वन् मद्-अनुकीर्तनम् [भ्प् ११.१९.१९] इत्य् आरभ्य एवं धर्मे मनुष्याणां [भ्प् ११.१९.२२] इति । यथा स्मरण-कीर्तन-पाद-सेवन- मयम् उपासनम् एव आगमोक्त-विधिमयत्व-वैशिष्ट्यापत्त्यार्चनम् इत्य् अभिधीयते । ततो नाविविक्तत्वम् । स्नान-परिधानादि-क्रिया चास्य भगवत्- सेवा-योग्यत्वायैवेति तत्रापि नात्मार्पण-भक्ति-हानिर् इत्य् अनुसन्धेयम् । (पगे १६२) एतद् आत्मार्पणं श्री-बलाव् अपि स्फुटं दृश्यते । उदाहृतं चेदम् आत्मार्पणं धर्मार्थ-कामः [भ्प् ७.६.२४] इत्य् आदिना श्री-प्रह्लाद-मते । मर्त्यो यदा त्यक्त-समस्त-कर्मा निवेदितात्मा [भ्प् ११.२९.३२] इत्य् आदिना श्री- भगवन्-मतेऽपि । तद् एतद् आत्म-निवेदनं भावं विना भाव-वैशिष्ट्येन च दृश्यते । पूर्वं यथा मर्त्यो यदा इत्य् आदि । उत्तरं यथैकादश एव दास्येनात्म-निवेदनम् [भ्प् ११.११.३५] इति । यथा च रुक्मिणी-वाक्ये मात्मार्पितश् च भवतः [भ्प् १०.५२.१] इति । ॥ ९.४ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ३०९ ॥

[309] atha ātma-nivedanam | tac ca dehādi-śuddhātma-paryantasya sarvato-bhāvena tasminn evārpaṇam | tat-kāryaṃ cātmārtha-ceṣṭā-śūnyatvaṃ tan-nyastātma- sādhana-sādhyatvaṃ tad-arthaika-ceṣṭāmayatvaṃ ca | idaṃ hy ātmārpaṇaṃ go- vikrayavata vikrītasya gor vartanārthaṃ virkītavatā ceṣṭā na kriyate | tasya ca śreyaḥ-sādhakas tat-krītavān eva syāt | sa ca gaus tasyaiva karma kuryāt | na punar vikrītavato'pīti | idam evātmārpaṇaṃ śrī-rukmiṇī-vākye - tan me bhavān khalu vṛtaḥ patir aṅga jāyām ātmārpitaś ca bhavato'tra vibho vidhehi | [BhP 10.52.39] iti | atha kecid dehārpaṇam evātmārpaṇam iti manyante | yathā bhakti-viveke - cintāṃ kuryān na rakṣāyai vikrītasya yathā paśoḥ | tathārpayan harau dehaṃ viramed asya rakṣaṇāt || iti | kecic chuddha-kṣetrajñārpaṇam eva | yathā śrīmad-ālabandāru-stotre - vapur-ādiṣu yo'pi ko'pi vā guṇato'māni yathā-tathā-vidhaḥ | tad ayaṃ tava pāda-padmayor aham adyaiva mayā samarpitaḥ || [Stotra-ratnam 49] iti | kecic ca dakṣiṇa-hastādikam apy arpayantas tena tat-karma-mātraṃ kurvate, na tu dehādikarmety adyāpi dṛśyate | tad etat sarvātmakaṃ sakāryam ātma- nivedanaṃ yathā -- sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor vacāṃsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane karau harer mandira-mārjanādiṣu śrutiṃ cakārācyuta-sat-kathodaye || mukunda-liṅgālaya-darśane dṛśau tad-bhṛtya-gātra-sparśe'ṅga-saṅgamam | ghrāṇaṃ ca tat-pāda-saroja-saurabhe śrīmat-tulasyā rasanāṃ tad-arpite || pādau hareḥ kṣetra-padānusarpaṇe śiro hṛṣīkeśa-padābhivandane | kāmaṃ ca dāsye na tu kāma-kāmyayā yathottamaśloka-janāśrayā ratiḥ || [BhP 9.4.18-20] cakāra arpayāmāsa | kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor ity ādikam upalakṣaṇaṃ tat- sevādīnām | liṅgaṃ śrī-mūrtiḥ | ālayas tad-bhaktas tan-mandirādiḥ | śrīmat- tulasyās tat-pāda-saroja-sambandhi yat saurabhaṃ tasmin | tad-arpite mahā- prasādān nādau | kāmaṃ saṅkalpaṃ ca dāsye nimitte kathaṃ cakāra | yathā yena prakāreṇa uttamaḥ-śloka-janāśrayā ratiḥ sā bhaved iti | atra sarvathā tatraiva saṅkhyātātma-nikṣepaḥ kṛta iti vaiśiṣṭyāpattyā smaraṇādimayopāsanasyaivātmārpaṇatvam | evam evoktam --śraddhāmṛta- kathāyāṃ me śaśvan mad-anukīrtanam [BhP 11.19.19] ity ārabhya evaṃ dharme manuṣyāṇāṃ [BhP 11.19.22] iti | yathā smaraṇa-kīrtana-pāda-sevana- mayam upāsanam eva āgamokta-vidhimayatva-vaiśiṣṭyāpattyārcanam ity abhidhīyate | tato nāviviktatvam | snāna-paridhānādi-kriyā cāsya bhagavat- sevā-yogyatvāyaiveti tatrāpi nātmārpaṇa-bhakti-hānir ity anusandheyam | (page 162) etad ātmārpaṇaṃ śrī-balāv api sphuṭaṃ dṛśyate | udāhṛtaṃ cedam ātmārpaṇaṃ dharmārtha-kāmaḥ [BhP 7.6.24] ity ādinā śrī-prahlāda-mate | martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā niveditātmā [BhP 11.29.32] ity ādinā śrī- bhagavan-mate'pi | tad etad ātma-nivedanaṃ bhāvaṃ vinā bhāva-vaiśiṣṭyena ca dṛśyate | pūrvaṃ yathā martyo yadā ity ādi | uttaraṃ yathaikādaśa eva dāsyenātma-nivedanam [BhP 11.11.35] iti | yathā ca rukmiṇī-vākye mātmārpitaś ca bhavataḥ [BhP 10.52.1] iti | || 9.4 || śrī-śukaḥ || 309 ||

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1 Generally it is not possible, even for the great impersonalists, to merge into the existence of the Lord. Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.16) asks this question: "O great sage, we are all eager to know the cause for this mercy of the Lord. I have heard that formerly a king named Vena blasphemed the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that all the brahmanas consequently obliged him to go to hell. Sisupala should also have been sent to hell. How then did he merge into the Lord's existence?"* 2 Here the word "tamasi" means "in hell". In the Vamana Purana it is said that after suffering in many different hells, Vena was rescued by the power of King Prthu.

Bhakti · Sanskrit §310 · English §314

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[३१०] तद् एवं वैधी भक्तिर् दर्शिता । अस्याश् चोक्तानाम् अङ्गानाम् अनुक्तानां च कुत्रचित् कस्याप्य् अङ्गस्यान्य् अत्र तु तद्-इतरस्य यन्-महिमाधिक्यं वर्ण्यते । तत्-तच्-छ्रद्धा-भेदेन तत्-तत्-प्रभावोल्लासापेक्षयेति न परस्पर- विरुद्धत्वम् । अधिकार-भेदेन ह्य् औषधादीनाम् अपि तादृशत्वं दृश्यते । अथ रागानुगा । तत्र विषयिणः स्वाभाविको विषय-संसर्गेच्छातिशयमयः प्रेमा रागः । यथा चक्षुर्-आदीनां सौन्दर्यादौ । तादृश एवात्र भक्तस्य श्री-भगवत्य् अपि राग इत्य् उच्यते । स रागो विशेषण-भेदेन बहुधा दृश्यते -- येषाम् अहं प्रिय आत्मा सुतश् च सखा गुरुः सुहृदो दैवम् इष्टम् [भ्प् ३.२५.३५] इत्य् आदौ । तत्र प्रियो यथा तदीय-प्रेयसीनाम् । आत्मा पर-ब्रह्म- रूपः श्री-सनकादीनाम् । सुतः श्री-व्रजेश्वरादीनाम् । सखा श्री- श्रीदामादीनाम् । गुरुः श्री-प्रद्युम्नादीनाम् । कस्यापि भ्राता कस्यापि मातुलेयः कस्यापि वैवाहिक इत्य्-आदि-रूपः स एक एव तेषु बहु-प्रकारत्वेन सुहृदः सम्बन्धिनाम् । दैवम् इष्टं तदीय-सेवकानां श्री-दारुक- प्रभृतीनाम् इति प्रसिद्धम् । अत्र श्रीमत्यां मोहिन्यां यः खलु रुद्रस्य भावो जातः स तु नाङ्गीकृतः, अनुक्तत्वात् । तस्य माया-मोहिततयैव तादृश-भावाभ्युपगमाच् च । तद् एवं तत्-तद्-अभिमान-लक्षण-भाव-विशेषणेन स्वाभाविक-रागस्य वैशिष्ट्ये सति तत्-तद्-राग-प्रयुक्ता श्रवण-कीर्तन-स्मरण-पाद-सेवन- वन्दनात्म-निवेदन-प्राया भक्तिस् तेषां रागात्मिका भक्तिर् इत्य् उच्यते । तस्याश् च साध्यायां राग-लक्षणायां भक्ति-गङ्गायां तरङ्ग-रूपत्वात् साध्यत्वम् एवेति न तु साधन-प्रकरणेऽस्मिन् प्रवेशः । अतो रागानुग कथ्यते । यस्य पूर्वोक्तं राग-विशेषे रुचिर् एव जातास्ति न तु राग-विशेष एव स्वयं, तस्य तादृश-राग-सुधाकर-कराभास-समुल्लसित- हृदय-स्फटिक-मणेः शास्त्रादि-श्रुतासु तादृश्या रागात्मिकाया भक्तेः परिपाटीष्व् अपि रुचिर् जायते । ततस् तदीयं रागं रुच्य्-अनुगच्छन्ती सा रागानुगा तस्यैव प्रवर्तते । एषैवाविहितेति केषाञ्चित् संज्ञा । रुचि-मात्र- प्रवृत्त्या विधि-प्रयुक्तत्वेनाप्रवृत्तत्वात् । न च वक्तव्यं विध्य्- अनधीनस्य न सम्भवति भक्तिर् इति । प्रायेण मुनयो राजन् निवृत्ता विधि-षेधतः । नैर्गुण्य-स्था रमन्ते स्म गुणानुकथने हरेः ॥ [भ्प् २.१.७] इति श्रूयते । ततो विधि-मार्ग-भक्तिर् विधि-सापेक्षेति सा दुर्बला । इयं तु स्वतन्त्रैव प्रवर्तते इति प्रबला च ज्ञेया । अतएवास्या जन्म-लक्षणं भक्ति- व्यतिरेकेणान्य-त्रानभिरुचिम् उपलक्ष्य - सा श्रद्दधानस्य विवर्धमाना विरक्तिम् अन्यत्र करोति पुंसः । हरेः पदानुस्मृति-निर्वृतस्य समस्त-दुःखाप्ययम् आशु धत्ते ॥ [भ्प् ३.५.१३] इति । (पगे १६३) सा पूर्वोक्ता कथा गृहीता मतिस् तद्-रुचिर् इत्य् अर्थः । विधि-निरपेक्षत्वाद् एव पूर्वाभ्यां दास्य-सख्याभ्याम् एतदीययोस् तयोर् भेदश् च ज्ञेयः । एवम् एवोक्तं तन् मन्येऽधीतम् उत्तमम् इति । अतएव विध्य्-उक्त-क्रमोऽपि नास्याम् अत्यादृतः । किन्तु रागात्मिकाश्रुत-क्रम एव । तत्र रागात्मिकायां रुचिर् यथा - सुहृत् प्रेष्ठतमो नाथ आत्मा चायं शरीरिणाम् । तं विक्रीयात्मनैवाहं रमेऽनेन यथा रमा ॥ [भ्प् ११.८.३५] अत्र स्वाभाविक-सौहृद्यादि-धर्मैस् तस्मिन्न् एव स्वाभावैक-पतित्वं स्थापयित्वा परस्यौपाधिक-पतित्वम् इत्य् अभिप्रेतम् । अन्यत्र पत्याव् एकत्वं सा गता यस्माच् चरु-मन्त्राहुति-व्रता इति छान्दोग्य-परिशिष्टानुसारेण कृत्रिमम् एवात्मत्वम् । तस्मिन् परमात्मनि तु स्वभावत एवेत्य् आत्म- शब्दस्याप्य् अभिप्रायः । इदं यद्यपि तस्मिन् पतित्वम् अनाहार्यम् एवास्ति तथापि आत्मनैव मूल-भूतेनैव तं विशेषतः क्रीत्वा यथान्यापि कन्या विवाहात्मकेन स्वात्म-समर्पणेन कञ्चित् पतित्वेनोपादत्ते । तथाभावेनाश्रित्यानेन परमम् अनाहर-रूपेण तेन सह रमे रमा लक्ष्मीर् यथा ।

[310] tad evaṃ vaidhī bhaktir darśitā | asyāś coktānām aṅgānām anuktānāṃ ca kutracit kasyāpy aṅgasyāny atra tu tad-itarasya yan-mahimādhikyaṃ varṇyate | tat-tac-chraddhā-bhedena tat-tat-prabhāvollāsāpekṣayeti na paraspara- viruddhatvam | adhikāra-bhedena hy auṣadhādīnām api tādṛśatvaṃ dṛśyate | atha rāgānugā | tatra viṣayiṇaḥ svābhāviko viṣaya-saṃsargecchātiśayamayaḥ premā rāgaḥ | yathā cakṣur-ādīnāṃ saundaryādau | tādṛśa evātra bhaktasya śrī-bhagavaty api rāga ity ucyate | sa rāgo viśeṣaṇa-bhedena bahudhā dṛśyate -- yeṣām ahaṃ priya ātmā sutaś ca sakhā guruḥ suhṛdo daivam iṣṭam [BhP 3.25.35] ity ādau | tatra priyo yathā tadīya-preyasīnām | ātmā para-brahma- rūpaḥ śrī-sanakādīnām | sutaḥ śrī-vrajeśvarādīnām | sakhā śrī- śrīdāmādīnām | guruḥ śrī-pradyumnādīnām | kasyāpi bhrātā kasyāpi mātuleyaḥ kasyāpi vaivāhika ity-ādi-rūpaḥ sa eka eva teṣu bahu-prakāratvena suhṛdaḥ sambandhinām | daivam iṣṭaṃ tadīya-sevakānāṃ śrī-dāruka- prabhṛtīnām iti prasiddham | atra śrīmatyāṃ mohinyāṃ yaḥ khalu rudrasya bhāvo jātaḥ sa tu nāṅgīkṛtaḥ, anuktatvāt | tasya māyā-mohitatayaiva tādṛśa-bhāvābhyupagamāc ca | tad evaṃ tat-tad-abhimāna-lakṣaṇa-bhāva-viśeṣaṇena svābhāvika-rāgasya vaiśiṣṭye sati tat-tad-rāga-prayuktā śravaṇa-kīrtana-smaraṇa-pāda-sevana- vandanātma-nivedana-prāyā bhaktis teṣāṃ rāgātmikā bhaktir ity ucyate | tasyāś ca sādhyāyāṃ rāga-lakṣaṇāyāṃ bhakti-gaṅgāyāṃ taraṅga-rūpatvāt sādhyatvam eveti na tu sādhana-prakaraṇe'smin praveśaḥ | ato rāgānuga kathyate | yasya pūrvoktaṃ rāga-viśeṣe rucir eva jātāsti na tu rāga-viśeṣa eva svayaṃ, tasya tādṛśa-rāga-sudhākara-karābhāsa-samullasita- hṛdaya-sphaṭika-maṇeḥ śāstrādi-śrutāsu tādṛśyā rāgātmikāyā bhakteḥ paripāṭīṣv api rucir jāyate | tatas tadīyaṃ rāgaṃ rucy-anugacchantī sā rāgānugā tasyaiva pravartate | eṣaivāvihiteti keṣāñcit saṃjñā | ruci-mātra- pravṛttyā vidhi-prayuktatvenāpravṛttatvāt | na ca vaktavyaṃ vidhy- anadhīnasya na sambhavati bhaktir iti | prāyeṇa munayo rājan nivṛttā vidhi-ṣedhataḥ | nairguṇya-sthā ramante sma guṇānukathane hareḥ || [BhP 2.1.7] iti śrūyate | tato vidhi-mārga-bhaktir vidhi-sāpekṣeti sā durbalā | iyaṃ tu svatantraiva pravartate iti prabalā ca jñeyā | ataevāsyā janma-lakṣaṇaṃ bhakti- vyatirekeṇānya-trānabhirucim upalakṣya - sā śraddadhānasya vivardhamānā viraktim anyatra karoti puṃsaḥ | hareḥ padānusmṛti-nirvṛtasya samasta-duḥkhāpyayam āśu dhatte || [BhP 3.5.13] iti | (page 163) sā pūrvoktā kathā gṛhītā matis tad-rucir ity arthaḥ | vidhi-nirapekṣatvād eva pūrvābhyāṃ dāsya-sakhyābhyām etadīyayos tayor bhedaś ca jñeyaḥ | evam evoktaṃ tan manye'dhītam uttamam iti | ataeva vidhy-ukta-kramo'pi nāsyām atyādṛtaḥ | kintu rāgātmikāśruta-krama eva | tatra rāgātmikāyāṃ rucir yathā - suhṛt preṣṭhatamo nātha ātmā cāyaṃ śarīriṇām | taṃ vikrīyātmanaivāhaṃ rame'nena yathā ramā || [BhP 11.8.35] atra svābhāvika-sauhṛdyādi-dharmais tasminn eva svābhāvaika-patitvaṃ sthāpayitvā parasyaupādhika-patitvam ity abhipretam | anyatra patyāv ekatvaṃ sā gatā yasmāc caru-mantrāhuti-vratā iti chāndogya-pariśiṣṭānusāreṇa kṛtrimam evātmatvam | tasmin paramātmani tu svabhāvata evety ātma- śabdasyāpy abhiprāyaḥ | idaṃ yadyapi tasmin patitvam anāhāryam evāsti tathāpi ātmanaiva mūla-bhūtenaiva taṃ viśeṣataḥ krītvā yathānyāpi kanyā vivāhātmakena svātma-samarpaṇena kañcit patitvenopādatte | tathābhāvenāśrityānena paramam anāhara-rūpeṇa tena saha rame ramā lakṣmīr yathā |

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English witness · section(s) 314

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1 In Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.18) it is also said: "From the very beginning of his childhood, when he could not even speak properly, Sisupala, the most sinful son of Damaghosa, began blaspheming the Lord, and he continued to be envious of Sri Krsna until death. Similarly, his brother Dantavakra continued the same habits."* 2 The meaning of this verse is clear.

Bhakti · Sanskrit §311–320 · English §315

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[३११] तद् एवं तस्याः पिङ्गलाया रागे स्व-रुचिर् द्योतिता । रागानुगायां प्रवृत्तिर् अपीदृशी । सन्तुष्टा श्रद्दधत्य् एतद् यथा-लाभेन जीवती । विहराम्य् अमुनैवाहम् आत्मना रमणेन वै ॥ [भ्प् ११.८.४०] अमुनेति भाव-गर्भ-रमणेन सह । आत्मना मनसैव तावद् विहरामि । रुचि-प्रधानस्य मार्गस्यास्य मनः-प्रधानत्वम् । तत् प्रेयसी- रूपेणासिद्धायास् तादृश-भजने प्रायो मनसैव युक्तत्वात् । अनेन श्रीमत्- प्रतिमादौ तादृशीनाम् अप्य् औद्धत्यं परिहृतम् । एवं पितृत्वादि-भावेष्व् अप्य् अनुसन्धेयम् ॥ ॥ ११.८ ॥ श्री-पिङ्गला ॥ ३११ ॥ [३१२-३१४] एवं प्रेयसीत्वाभिमान-मयी दर्शिता । एषा ब्रह्म-वैवर्ते काम-कलायाम् अपि दृष्टा । सेवकत्वाद्याभिमानमय्यां रुचि-भक्तिश् चान्यत्र ज्ञेया । तस्मा अमूस् तनु-भृताम् [भ्प् ७.९.२४] इत्य् आदौ उपनय मां निज-भृत्य-पार्श्वम् इति श्री-प्रह्लाद-वचनम् । यथा श्री-नारद-पञ्चरात्रे - कदा गम्भीरया वाचा श्रिया युक्तो जगत्-पते । चामर-व्यग्र-हस्तं माम् एवं कुर्व् इति वक्ष्यसि ॥ इति । यथा स्कान्दे सनत्कुमार-प्रोक्त-संहितायां प्राभाकर-राजोपाख्याने - अपुत्रोऽपि स वै नैच्छत् पुत्रं कर्मानुचिन्तयन् । वासुदेवं जगन्नाथं सर्वात्मानं सनातनम् ॥ अशेषोपनिषद्-वेद्यं पुत्रीकृत्य विधानतः । अभिषेचयितुं राजा स्वराज उपचक्रमे ॥ न पुत्रम् अभ्यर्थितवान् साक्षाद् भूताज् जनार्दनात् । अग्रे भगवद्-वरश् च अहं ते भविता पुत्रः ॥ इत्य् आदि । अतएवोक्तं श्री-नारायण-व्यूह-स्तवः - पति-पुत्र-सुहृद्-भ्रातृ-पितृवन् मैत्रवद् धरिम् । ये ध्यायन्ति सदोद्युक्तास् तेभ्योऽपीह नमो नमः ॥ इति । अत्र पत्य्-आदिवद् इति ध्येयस्य पितृवद् इति ध्यातुर् विशेषणं ज्ञेयम् । तथा मातृवद् इति वतिप्रत्ययेन प्रसिद्ध-तन्-मातृ-जनाभेद-भावना नैवाङ्गीक्रियते । किन्तु तद्-अनुगत-भावनैव । एवं पितृ-भावादाव् अपि ज्ञेयम् । अन्यथा भगवत्य् अहङ्ग्रहोपासनावत् तेष्व् अपि दोषः स्यात् । तथा (पगे १६४) ध्यायन्तीति पूर्वोक्तं मनः-प्रधानत्वम् एवोरीकृतम् । अपि- शब्देन तत्-तद्-राग-सिद्धानां कैमुत्यम् आक्षिप्यते । ननु, चोदना-लक्षणोऽर्थो धर्मः [पूर्व-मीमांसा १.१.२] इत्य् अनेन पूर्व- मीमांसायां विधिनैवापूर्वं जायत इति श्रूयते । तथा श्रुति-स्मृति- पुराणादि-पञ्चरात्र-विधिं विना इत्य् आदिना यामले श्रुत्य्-आद्य्-एकतरोक्त- क्रम-नियमं विना दोषः श्रूयते । तथा - श्रुति-स्मृती ममैवाज्ञे यस् ते उल्लङ्घ्य वर्तते । आज्ञा-च्छेदी मम द्वेषी मद्-भक्तोऽपि न वैष्णवः ॥ इति । अत्र श्रुत्य्-आद्य्-उक्तावश्यक-क्रिया-निषेधयोर् उल्लङ्घनं वैष्णवत्व- व्याघातकं श्रूयते । कथं तर्हि विधि-निरपेक्षया तया सिद्धिः । उच्यते - श्री-भगवन्-नाम-गुणादिषु वस्तु-शक्तेः सिद्धत्वान् न धर्मवद् भक्तेश् चोदना-सापेक्षत्वम् । अतो ज्ञानादिकं विनापि फल-लाभो बहुत्र श्रुतोऽस्ति । चोदना तु यस्य स्वतः-प्रवृत्तिर् नास्ति तद्-विषयैव । तथा क्रमा-विधिश् च तद्-विषयः । तस्मिन्न् एव नाना-विक्षेपवति रुच्य्-अभावेन रागात्मिक-भक्ति- शैलीम् अनभिजानाति । सत्याम् अपि धावन् निमील्य वा नेत्रे [भ्प् ११.२.३५] इत्य् आदि-न्यायेन यथा कथञ्चिद् अनुष्ठानतः सिद्धौ सुष्ठु वर्त्म- प्रवेशाय क्रमशश् चित्ताभिनिवेशाय च मर्यादा-रूपः स निर्मीयते । अन्यथा सन्तत-तद्-भक्त्य्-उन्मुखता-करतादृश-रुच्य्-अभावान् मर्यादानभिपत्तेश् चाध्यात्मिकादिभिर् उत्पातैर् विहन्यते च स इति । न तु स्वयं प्रवृत्तिमत्य् अपि मर्यादा-निर्माणम् । तस्य रुच्यैव भगवन्- मनोरम-रागात्मिका-क्रम-विशेषाभिनिवेशात् । तद् उक्तं स्वयम् एव - ज्ञात्वाज्ञात्वाथ ये वै माम् [भ्प् ११.११.३३] इत्य् आदिना । रागात्मिक-भक्तिमतां दुरभिसन्धिताप्य् अनुकरण-मात्रेण तादृशत्व- प्राप्तिः श्रूयते । यथा धात्रीत्वानुकरणेन पूतनायाः । तद् उक्तम् - सद्- वेशाद् इव पूतनापि सकुला [भ्प् १०.१४.३५] इति । किम् उत तदीय-रुचिमद्भिस् तादृश-निरन्तर-सम्यग्-भक्त्य्-अनुष्ठानेन । तद् उक्तम् - पूतना लोक-बाल-घ्नी राक्षसी रुधिराशना । जिघांसयापि हरये स्तनं दत्त्वाप सद्-गतिम् ॥ किं पुनः श्रद्धया भक्त्या कृष्णाय परमात्मने । यच्छन् प्रियतमं किं नु रक्तास् तन्-मातरो यथा ॥ [भ्प् १०.६.२६-२७] इति । अत उक्तं - न मय्य् एकान्त-भक्तानां गुण-दोषोद्भवा गुणाः [भ्प् १०.२०.४] इति । एकान्तित्वं खलु भक्ति-निष्ठा । सा रुच्यैव वा शास्त्र-विध्य्-आदरेणैव वा जायते । ततो रुचेर् विरलत्वाद् उत्तराभावेनापि यद् ऐकान्तिकीत्वं तत्- तस्यैकान्तिक-मानिनो दम्भ-मात्रम् इत्य् अर्थः । ततस् तद्-अनद्यैव निन्दा श्रुति-स्मृति-पुराण इत्य् आदिना, न तु रुचि-भावेऽपि तन्-निन्दा युक्ता पूतना इत्य् आदेः । तथा चोक्तं पाद्मोत्तर-खण्डे - स्वातन्त्र्यात् क्रियते कर्म न च वेदोदितं महत् । विनैव भगवत्-प्रीत्या ते वै पाषण्डिनः स्मृताः ॥ इति । प्रीतिर् अत्र तादृश-रुचिः । तद् एवम् अत्र शात्रानादरस्यैव निन्दा । न तु तद्- अज्ञानस्य धावन् निमील्य वै इत्य् आदेः । गौतमीय-तन्त्रे त्व् इदम् अप्य् उक्तम् - (पगे १६५) न जपो नार्चनं नैव ध्यानं नापि विधि-क्रमः । केवलं सन्ततं कृष्ण-चरणाम्भोज-भाविनाम् ॥ अजात-तादृश-रुचिना तु सद्-विशेषादर-मात्रादृता रागानुगापि वैधी- संवलितैवानुष्ठेया । तथा लोक-संग्रहार्थं प्रतिष्ठितेन जात-तादृश- रुचिना च । अत्र मिश्रत्वे च यथा-योग्यं रागानुगयैकीकृत्यैव वैधी कर्तव्या । केचिद् अष्टादशाक्षर-ध्यानं गो-दोहन-समय-वंशी-वाद्य- समाकृष्ट-तत्-तत्-सर्वमयत्वेन भावयन्ति । यथा चैके तादृशम् उपासनं साक्षाद् व्रज-जन-विशेषायैव मह्यं श्री-गुरु-चरणैर् मद्-अभीष्ट- विशेष-सिद्ध्य्-अर्थम् उपदिष्टं भावयामि । साक्षात् तु श्री-व्रजेन्द्र- नन्दनं सेव्यमान एवासा इति भावयन्ति । अथ श्रुति-स्मृती ममैवाज्ञे इत्य्-आदि-निन्दित-मात्र-स्वावश्यक-क्रिया- निषेधयोर् उल्लङ्घनं द्विविधम् । तौ हि धर्म-शास्त्रोक्तौ भक्ति- शास्त्रोक्तौ चेतै । भगवद्-भक्ति-विश्वासेन दौःशील्येन वा पूर्वयोरकरण-करण-प्रत्यासत्तौ न वैष्णव-भावाद् भ्रंशः । देवर्षि- भूताप्त-नॄणां [भ्प् ११.५.३७] इत्य् आद्य्-उक्तेः, अपि चेत् सुदुराचारः [गीता ९.३०] इत्य्-आद्य्-उक्तेश् च । तादृश-रुचिमति तु तयैव रुच्या द्विष्टत्वाद् अपुनर्भवाद्य्-आनन्दस्यापि वाञ्छा नास्ति किम् उत परम-घृणास्पदस्य । अतस् तत्र स्वत एव न प्रवृत्तिः । प्रमादादिना कदाचिज् जातं चेद् विकर्म तत्- क्षणाद् एव नश्यत्य् अपि । उक्तं च-विकर्म यच् चोत्पतितं कथंचिद् धुनोति सर्वं हृदि सन्निविष्टः [भ्प् ११.५.३८] इति । अथ वैष्णव-शास्त्रोक्तौ । तौ तर्हि विष्णु-सन्तोषैक-प्रयोजनाव् एव भवतः । तयोश् च तादृशत्वे श्रुते सति तदीय-राग-रुचिमतः स्वत एव प्रवृत्त्य्-अप्रवृत्तौ स्याताम् । तत्-सन्तोषैक-जीवनत्वात् प्रीति-जातेः । अतएव न तत्र स्वानुगम्यमान-रागात्मक-सिद्ध-भक्त-विशेषेण कृतत्वाकृतत्वयोर् अनुसन्धानं चापेक्ष्यं स्यात् । किन्तु तत्-कृतत्वे सति विशेषणाग्रहो भवतीत्य् एव विशेषः । अत्र क्वचिच् छास्त्रोक्त-क्रम-विध्य्-अपेक्षा च राग-रुच्यैव प्रवर्तितेति रागानुगान्तःपात एव । ये च श्री-गोकुलादि-विराजि-रागात्मिकानुगास् तत्-परास् ते तु श्री-कृष्ण-क्षेम-तत्-संसर्गान्तरायाभावादि-काम्यात्मक-तद्- अभिप्राय-रीत्यैव विअष्णव-लौकिक-धर्मानुष्ठानं कुर्वन्ति । अतएव रागानुगायां रुचेर् एव सद्-धर्म-प्रवर्तकत्वात् श्रुति-स्मृती ममैवाज्ञे इत्य् एतद्-वाक्यस्य न तद्-वर्त्म-भक्ति-विषयत्वम् । किन्तु बाह्य-शास्त्र- निर्मित-बुद्ध-र्षभ-दत्तात्रेयादि-भजन-वर्त्म-विषयत्वम् एव । तथोक्तम् - वेद-धर्म-विरुद्धात्मा यदि देव प्रपूजयेत् । स याति नरकं घोरं यावद् आहूत-सम्प्लवम् ॥ इति रागानुगायां विध्य्-अप्रवर्तितायाम् अपि न वेद-बाह्यत्वम् । वेद-वैदिक- प्रसिद्धैव सा तत्र तत्र रुचित्वात् । वेदेषु बुद्धादीनां तु वर्णनं वेद- बाह्यं विरुद्धत्वेनैव यथा -- ततः कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सम्मोहाय सुर-द्विषाम् । बुद्धो नाम्नाञ्जन-सुतः कीकटेषु भविष्यति ॥ [भ्प् १.३.२४] इत्य् आदि । तस्माद् भवत्य् एव रागानुगा समीचीना । तथा वैधीतोऽप्य् अतिशयवती च । मर्यादा-वचनं ह्य् आवेशार्थम् एवेति दर्शितम् । स पुनर् आवेशो यथा रुचि- विशेष-लक्षण-मानस-भावेन स्यान् न तथा (पगे १६६) विधि-प्रेरणया । स्वारसिक-मनो-धर्मत्वात् तस्य । तत्र चास्तां तावद्-अनुकूल-भावः । परम-निषिद्धेन प्रतिकूल-भावेनाप्य् आवेशो झटिति स्यात् । तद्-आवेश- सामर्थ्येन प्रतिकूल-दोष-हानिः स्यात् । सर्वानर्थ-निवृत्तिश् च स्याद् इति भाव-मार्गस्य बलवत्त्वे दृष्टान्तोऽपि दृश्यते । तत्र यद्य् अनुकूल-भावः स्यात् तदा परमैकान्ति-साध्य एवाप्तौ । अथ भाव-मार्ग-सामान्यस्य बलवत्त्वं प्रकरणम् उत्थाप्यते । श्री- युधिष्ठिर उवाच -- अहो अत्य्-अद्भुतं ह्य् एतद् दुर्लभैकान्तिनाम् अपि । वासुदेवे परे तत्त्वे प्राप्तिश् चैद्यस्य विद्विषः ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.१५] एकान्तिनां परम-ज्ञानिनाम् अपि यतस् तस्य सा न सम्भवति । एतद् वेदितुम् इच्छामः सर्व एव वयं मुने । भगवन्-निन्दया वेनो द्विजैस् तमसि पातितः ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.१६] तमसि नरके । बहु-नरकादि-भोगानन्तरम् एव पृथु-जन्म- प्रभावोदयेन तस्य सद्-गति-श्रवणात् । एषः -- दमघोष-सुतः पाप आरभ्य कल-भाषणात् । सम्प्रत्य् अमर्षी गोविन्दे दन्तवक्रश् च दुर्मतिः ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.१७] इत्य् आदि । स्पष्टं । ॥ ७.१ ॥ युधिष्ठिरो नारदम् ॥ ३१२-३१४ ॥ [३१५-३२०] तत्रोत्तरम् श्री-नारद उवाच - अहो भगवन्-निन्दकस्य नरक-पातेन भाव्यम् इति वदतस् तव कोऽभिप्रायः ? भगवत्-पीडा-करत्वाद् वा तद्- अभावेऽपि सुरापानादिवन् निषिद्ध-निन्दा-श्रवणाद् वा । तत्र तावद् विमूढैर् जनैर् निन्दादिकं प्राकृतान् तम आदेइ-गुणान् उद्धिश्यैव प्रवर्तते । ततः प्रकृति-पर्यन्ताश्रयस्य तत्-कृत-निन्दादेर् अप्राकृत-गुण- विग्रहादौ तस्मिन् प्रवृत्तिर् नास्त्य् एव । न च जीववत् प्रकृति-पर्यन्ते वस्तु- जाते भगवद्-अभिमानोऽस्ति । ततश् च तेन तस्य पीडापि नास्त्य् एव । तद् एतद् आह सार्धैस् त्रिभिः -- निन्दन-स्तव-सत्कार- न्यक्कारार्थं कलेवरम् । प्रधान-परयो राजन्न् अविवेकेन कल्पितम् ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.२२] निन्दनं दोष-कीर्तनम् । न्यक्-कारस् तिरस्कारः । निन्दन-स्तुत्य्-आदि- ज्ञानार्थं प्रधान-पुरुषयोर् अविवेकेन जीवानां कलेवरं कल्पितं रचितम् । ततश् च - हिंसा तद्-अभिमानेन दण्ड-पारुष्ययोर् यथा । वैषम्यम् इह भूतानां ममाहम् इति पार्थिव ॥ यन्-निबद्धोऽभिमानोऽयं तद्-वधात् प्राणिनां वधः । तथा न यस्य कैवल्याद् अभिमानोऽखिलात्मनः ॥ परस्य दम-कर्तुर् हि हिंसा केनास्य कल्प्यते ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.२३-२५] इह प्राकृते लोके । यथा तत्-कलेवराभिमानेन भूतानां ममाहम् इति वैषम्यं भवति, यथा तत्-कृताभ्यां दण्ड-पारुष्याभ्यां ताडन- निन्दाभ्यां निमित्त-भूताभ्यां हिंसा च भवति, यथा यस्मिन् निबद्धोऽभिमानस् तस्य देहस्य वधात् प्राणिनां वधश् च भवति, यथा यस्याभिमानो नास्तीत्य् अर्थः । अस्य परमेश्वरस्य हिंसा केन हेतुना कल्प्यते । अपि तु न केनापीत्य् अर्थः । तथाभिमाभावे हेतुः कैवल्यात् । देहेन्द्रियासुहीनानां वैकुण्ठ-पुर-वासिनाम् [भ्प् ७.१.३५] इति कैमुत्यादि- प्राप्त-शुद्धत्वात् । तादृश-निन्दाद्य्-अगम्य-शुद्ध-सच्-चिदानन्द- विग्रहादित्वाद् इत्य् अर्थः । तस्य तद्-अगम्यत्वं च (पगे १६७) नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योग-माया-समावृतः [गीता ७.२५] इति श्री-भगवद्-गीतातः । तादृश-वैलक्षण्येन हेतुः अखिलानाम् आत्मभूतस्य । तत्र हेतुः परस्य प्रकृति-वैभव-सङ्ग-रहितस्य । हिंसाया अविषयत्वे हेत्व्-अन्तरं दमकतुः परमाशर्यानन्त-शक्तित्वात् सर्वेषाम् एव शिक्षा-कर्तुर् इति । तद् एवं यस्माद् भगवतो निन्दादि-कृतम् वैषम्यं नास्ति तस्माद् येन केनाप्य् उपायेन सकृद् यद्-अङ्ग-प्रतिमान्त-राहिता [भ्प् १०.१२.३९] इत्य् आदिवत् तद्-आभासम् अपि ध्यायतस् तद्-आवेशात् तत्र वैरेणापि ध्यायतस् तद्-आवेशेनैव निन्दादि-कृत- पापस्यापि नाशात् तत्-सायुज्यादिकं युक्तम् इत्य् आशयेनाह तस्माद् इत्य् आदिभिः । तथा हि - तस्माद् वैरानुबन्धेन निर्वैरेण भयेन वा । स्नेहात् कामेन वा युञ्ज्यात् कथञ्चिन् नेक्षते पृथक् ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.२६] युञ्ज्याद् इति स्नेह-कामादीनां विधातुम् अशक्यत्वात् सम्भावनायाम् एव लिङ् । वैरानुबन्धादीनाम् एकतरेणापि युञ्ज्याद् ध्यायेच् चेत् तदा भगवतः पृथग् नेक्षते तद्-आविष्टो भवतीत्य् अर्थः । वैरानुबन्धो वैर- भावाविच्छेदः । निर्वैरो वैराभाव-मात्रम् औदासीन्यम् उच्यते । तेन कामादि-राहित्यम् अप्य् आयाति । वैरादि-भाव-राहित्यम् इत्य् अर्थः । तेन वा वैराद्-भाव-राहित्येन युञ्ज्यात् । विहितत्व-मात्र-बुद्ध्या ध्यायेत । ध्यानोपलक्षितं भक्ति-योगं कुर्याद् इत्य् अर्थः । स्नेहः कामातिरक्तः परस्परम् अकृत्रिमः प्रेम-विशेषः । स तु साधके तद्-अभिरुचिर् एव । तद् एवं सर्वेषां तद्-आवेश एव फलम् इति स्थिते झटिति तद्-आवश-सिद्धये तेषु भाव-मय-मार्गेषु निन्दितेनापि वैरेण विधि-मय्या भक्तेर् न साम्यम् इत्य् आह -- यथा वैरानुबन्धेन मर्त्यस् तन्-मयताम् इयात् । न तथा भक्ति-योगेन इति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.२७] वैरानुबन्धेनेति भयस्याप्य् उपलक्षणम् । यथा-शैघ्र्येण तन्-मयतां तद्-आविष्टता भक्ति-योगेन विहितत्व-मात्र-बुद्ध्या क्रियमाणेन तु न तथा । आस्तां तादृश-वस्तु-शक्ति-युक्तस्य तेषु प्रकाशमानस्य भगवतो भगवद्-विग्रहाभासस्य वा वार्ता । प्राकृतेऽपि तद्-भाव-मात्रस्य भाव्यावेश-फलं महद् दृश्यत इति स-दृष्टान्तं तद् एव प्रतिपादयति - कीटः पेशस्कृता रुद्धः कुड्यायां तम् अनुस्मरन् । संरम्भ-भय-योगेन विन्दते तत्-स्वरूपताम् ॥ एवं कृष्णे भगवति माया-मनुज ईश्वरे । वैरेण पूत-पाप्मानस् तम् आपुर् अनुचिन्तया ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.२८-२९] संरम्भो द्वेषो भयं च ताभ्यां योगस् तद्-आवेशस् तेन । तत्-स्वरूपतां तस्य स्वम् आत्मीय-रूपम् आकृतिर् यत्र तत् ताम् तत् सारूप्यम् इत्य् अर्थः । एवम् इति एव अपीयर्थः । नराकृति-पर-ब्रह्मत्वाद् माययैव प्राकृत-मनुजतया प्रतीयमाने । ननु कीटस्य प्रेशस्कृद्-द्वेषे पापं न भवति । तत्र तु तत् स्याद् इत्य् आशङ्क्याह - वैरेण यानुचिन्ता तद्-आवेशस् तयैव पूत-पाप्मानस् तद्- ध्यानावेशस्य तादृक्-शक्तित्वाद् इति भावः । न च शास्त्र-विहितेनैव भगवद्-धर्मेण सिद्धिः स्यान् न च तद्-विहितेन कामादिनेति वाच्यम् । (पगे १६८) कामाद् द्वेषाद् भयात् स्नेहाद् यथा भक्त्येश्वरे मनः । आवेश्य तद्-अघं हित्वा बहवस् तद्-गतिं गताः ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.२९] यथा विहितया भक्त्य ईश्वरे मन आविश्य तद्-गतिं गच्छन्ति तथिअवाविहितेनापि कामादिना बहवो गता इत्य् अर्थः । तद्-अघं तेषु कामादिषु मध्ये यद्-द्वेष-भययोर् अघं भवति तद् धित्वैव । भयस्यापि द्वेष-संवलितत्वाद् अघोत्पादकत्वं ज्ञेयम् । अत्र केचित् कामम् अप्य् अघं मन्यन्ते । तत्रेदं विचार्यते भगवति केवलं काम एव केवल-पापावहः किं वा पति-भाव-युक्तः । अथवा उपपति- भाव-युक्त इति । स एव केवल इति चेत् स किं द्वेषादि-गणपतित्वात् तद्वत् स्वरूपेणैव वा । परम-शुद्धे भगवति यद्-अधर-पानादिकं यच् च कामुकाद्य्-आरोपणं तेनातिक्रमेण वा पाप-श्रवणेन वा । नाद्येन -- उक्तं पुरस्ताद् एतत् ते चैद्यः सिद्धिं यथा गतः । द्विषन्न् अपि हृषीकेशं किम् उताधोक्षज-प्रियाः ॥ [भ्प् १०.२९.१३] इत्य् अत्र द्वेषादेर् न्यक्कृतत्वात् तस्य तु स्तुतत्वात् । अतश् च प्रिया इति स्नेहवत् कामस्यापि प्रीत्यात्मकत्वेन तद्वद् एव न दोषः । तादृशीनां कामो हि प्रेमैक-रूपः । यत् ते सुजात-चरणाम्बुरुहं स्तनेषु भीताः शनैः प्रिय दधीमहि कर्कशेषु [भ्प् १०.३१.१९] इत्य् आदाव् अतिक्रम्यापि स्व-सुखं तदानुकूल्य एव तात्पर्य-दर्शनात् सैरिन्ध्र्यास् तु भावो रिरंसा-प्रायत्वेन श्री-गोपिकानाम् इव केवल-तत्-तात्पर्याभावात् तद्-अपेक्षयैव निन्द्यते न तु स्वरूपतः । सानङ्ग-तप्त-कुचयोः [भ्प् १०.४८.६] इत्य् आदौ अनन्त-चरणेन रुजो मृजन्ति इति परिरभ्य कान्तम् आनन्द-मूर्तिम् इति कार्य-द्वारा तत्- स्तुतैः । तत्रापि सहोष्यताम् इह प्रेष्ठ [भ्प् १०.४८.८] इत्य् अत्र प्रीत्य्- अभिव्यक्तश् च । अतएव - सैवं कैवल्य-नाथं तं प्राप्य दुष्प्राप्यम् ईश्वरम् । अङ्ग-रागार्पणेनाहो दुर्भगेदम् अयाचत ॥ [भ्प् १०.४८.८] दुराराध्यं समाराध्य विष्णुं सर्वेश्वरेश्वरम् । यो वृणीते मनो-ग्राह्यम् असत्त्वात् कुमनीष्य् असौ ॥ [भ्प् १०.४८.११] इति चैवं योजयन्ति । कैवल्यम् एकान्तित्वम् । तेन यो नाथः सेवनीयस् तम् । पुरा तादृश-त्रिवक्रत्वादि-लक्षण-दौर्भाग्यवत्य् अपि । अहो आश्चर्यम् अङ्ग- रागार्पण-लक्षणेन भगवद्-धर्मांशेन कारणेन सम्प्रतीदं सहोष्यताम् इह प्रेष्ठ दिनानि कतिचिन् मया रमस्व [भ्प् १०.४८.८] इत्य् आदि- लक्षणं सौभाग्यम् अयाचत इति । अतः - किम् अनेन कृतं पुण्यम् अवधूतेन भिक्षुणा । श्रिया हीनेन लोकेऽस्मिन् गर्हितेनाधमेन च ॥ [भ्प् १०.८०.२५] इति श्रीदाम-विप्रम् उद्दिश्य पुरजन-वचनवद् एव तथोक्तिः । ननु कामुकी सा किम् इति श्लाघ्यते । तत्राह दुराराध्यम् इति । यो मनो-ग्राह्यं प्राकृतम् एव विषयं वृणीते कामयत असाव् एव कुमनीषी । सा तु भगवन्तकेव कामयत इति परम-सुमनीषिण्येवेति भावः । तद् एवं तस्य (पगे १६९) कामस्य द्वेषादि-गणान्तःपातित्वं परिहृत्य तेन पापावहत्वं परिहृतम् । अथ कामुकत्वाद्य्-आरोपणाद्य्-अधर-पानादि-रूपस् तत्र व्यवहारोऽपि नातिक्रम-हेतुः । यतो लोकवत् तु लीला-कैवल्यम् इति न्यायेन लीला तत्र स्वभावत एव सिद्धा । अत्र च श्री-भूर्-लीलादीभिस् तस्य तादृश-लीलायाः श्री- वैकुण्ठादिषु नित्य-सिद्धत्वेन स्वतन्त्र-लीला-विनोदस्य तस्याभिरुचि- तत्त्वेनैवावगम्यते । तथा तत्-प्रेयसी-जनानाम् अपि तत्-स्वरूप-शक्ति- विग्रहत्वेन परम्-शुद्ध-रूपत्वात् ततो न्यानताभावाच् च तद्-अधर- पानादिकम् अपि नानुरूपं पूर्व-युक्त्या तद्-अभिरुचितम् एव च । न च प्राकृत-वामा-जनेन दोषः प्रसञ्जनीयः । तद्-योग्यं तादृशं भावं स्वरूप-शक्ति-विग्रहत्वं च प्राप्यैव तद्-इच्छयैव तत्-प्राप्तेः । अथ पाप-श्रवणेन च न पापावहोऽसौ कामः । तद्-अश्रवणाद् एव । अततः पति-भाव-युक्ते च तत्र सुतरां न दोषः, प्रत्युत स्तुतिः श्रूयते । याः सम्पर्यचरन् प्रेम्णा पाद-संवाहनादिभिः । जगद्-गुरुं भर्तृ-बुद्ध्या तासां किं वर्ण्यते तपः ॥ [भ्प् १०.९.२७] इति । महानुभाव-मुनीनाम् अपि तद्-भावः श्रूयते । यथा श्री-माध्वाचार्य- धृतं कौर्म-वचनम् - अग्नि-पुत्रा महात्मानस् तपसा स्त्रीत्वम् आपिरे । भर्तारं च जगद्-योनिं वासुदेवम् अजं विभुम् ॥ इति । अतएव वन्दितं पति-पुत्र-सुहृद्-भ्रातृ इत्य् आदिना । अथोपपति-भावेन न च पापावहोऽसौ यत् पत्य्-अपत्य-सुहृदाम् अनुवृत्तिर् अङ्ग [भ्प् १०.२९.१९] इत्य् आदिना ताभिर् एवोत्तरितत्वात् । गोपीनां तत्-पतीनां च [भ्प् १०.३३.३५] इत्य् आदिना श्री-शुक-वचनेन च । न पारयेऽहं निरवद्य-संयुजां स्व-साधु-कृत्यं विबुधायुषापि वः [भ्प् १०.३२.२२] इत्य् अत्र निरवद्य-संयुजाम् इत्य् अनेन स्वयं श्री-भगवता च । तादृशानाम् अन्येषाम् अपि तद्-भावो दृश्यते । यथा पाद्मोत्तर-खण्ड-वचनम् - पुरा महर्षयः सर्वे दण्डकारण्य-वासिनः । दृष्ट्वा रामं हरिं तत्र भोक्तुम् ऐच्छत् सुविग्रहम् ॥ ते सर्वे स्त्रीत्वम् आपन्नाः समुद्भूतास् तु गोकुले । हरिं सम्प्राप्य कामेन ततो मुक्ता भवार्णवात् ॥ [पद्मप् ६.२४५.१६४] इति । अतः पुरुषेष्व् अपि स्त्री-भावेनोद्भवाद् भगवद्-विषयत्वान् न प्राकृत- काम-देवोद्भावितः प्राकृतः कामोऽसौ किन्तु साक्षान् मन्मथ-मन्मथः [भ्प् १०.३२.२] इति श्रवणात् । आगमादौ तस्य कामत्वेनोपासनाच् च भगवतैवोद्भावितोऽप्राकृत एवासौ काम इति ज्ञेयम् । श्रीमद्- उद्धवादीनां परम-भक्तानाम् अपि च तच्-छ्लाघा श्रूयते - एताः परं तनु-भृतो भुवि गोप-वध्वः [भ्प् १०.४७.५१] इत्य् आदौ । किं बहुना श्रुतीनाम् अपि तद्-भावो बृहद्-वामने प्रसिद्धः । यतस् तत्र श्रुतयोऽपि नित्य- (पगे १७०) सिद्ध-गोपिका-भावाभिलाषिण्यस् तद्-रूपेणैव तद्-गणान्तःपातिन्यो बभूवुर् इति प्रसिद्धिः । एतत् प्रसिद्धि-सूचकम् एवैतद् उक्त ताभिर् एव -- निभृत-मरुन्-मनो-ऽक्ष-दृठ-योग-युजो हृदि यन् मुनय उपासते तद् अरयोऽपि ययुः स्मरणात् । स्त्रिय उरगेन्द्र-भोग-भुज-दण्ड-विषक्त-धियो वयम् अपि ते समाः सम-दृशोऽङ्घ्रि-सरोज-सुधाः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८७.२३] इति । विस्पष्टश् चायम् अर्थः । यद् ब्रह्माख्यं तत्त्वं शास्त्र-दृष्ट्या प्रयास- बाहुल्येन मुनय उपासते तद् अरयोऽपि यस्य स्मरणात् तद्-उपासनं विनैव ययुः । तथा स्त्रियः श्री-गोप-सुभ्रुवस् ते तव श्री-नन्दनन्दन-रूपस्य उरुगेन्द्र-देहत्-तुल्यौ यौ भुज-दण्डौ तव विषक्त-धियः सत्यस् तवैवाङ्घ्रि-सरोज-सुधास् तदीय-स्पर्श-विशेष-जाति-प्रेम-माधुर्याणि ययुः । वयं श्रुतयोऽपि समदृशस् तत्-तुल्य-भावाः सत्यः समास् तादृश- गोपिकात्व-प्राप्त्या तत्-साम्यम् आप्तास् ता एवाङ्घ्रि-रजो-सुधां यातवत्य इत्य् अर्थः । अर्थ-वशाद् विभक्ति-परिणामः ।अङ्घ्रीति सादरोक्तिः । अत्र तद् अरयोऽपि ययुः स्मरणाद् इत्य् अनेन भाव-मार्गस्य झटित्य् अर्थ-साधनत्वं दर्शितम् । सम-दृश इत्य् अनेन रागानुगाया एव तत्र साधकतमत्वं व्यञ्जितम् । अन्यथा सर्व-साधन-साध्य-विदुष्यः श्रुतयोऽन्यत्रैव प्रवर्तेरन् । तथा स्मरण-पर-युग्म-द्वयेऽस्मिन् स्व-स्व-युग्मे प्रथमस्य मुख्यत्वं द्वितीयस्य गौणत्वं दर्शितम् । उभयत्राप्य् अपि-शब्द-साहित्येनोत्तरत्र पाठाद् एकार्थता-प्राप्तेः । अतः स्त्रिय इति नित्याः श्री-गोपिका एव ता ज्ञेयाः । तथैव श्रुतिभिर् इति श्री-कृष्ण-नित्य-धाम्नि ता दृष्टा इति बृहद्-वामन एव प्रसिद्धम् । तद् एवं साधु व्याख्यातम् कामाद् द्वेषात् इत्य् आदौ तद्-अघं हित्वा इत्य् अत्र तेषु मध्ये द्वेष-भययोर् यद्-अघम् इत्य् आदि ।

[311] tad evaṃ tasyāḥ piṅgalāyā rāge sva-rucir dyotitā | rāgānugāyāṃ pravṛttir apīdṛśī | santuṣṭā śraddadhaty etad yathā-lābhena jīvatī | viharāmy amunaivāham ātmanā ramaṇena vai || [BhP 11.8.40] amuneti bhāva-garbha-ramaṇena saha | ātmanā manasaiva tāvad viharāmi | ruci-pradhānasya mārgasyāsya manaḥ-pradhānatvam | tat preyasī- rūpeṇāsiddhāyās tādṛśa-bhajane prāyo manasaiva yuktatvāt | anena śrīmat- pratimādau tādṛśīnām apy auddhatyaṃ parihṛtam | evaṃ pitṛtvādi-bhāveṣv apy anusandheyam || || 11.8 || śrī-piṅgalā || 311 || [312-314] evaṃ preyasītvābhimāna-mayī darśitā | eṣā brahma-vaivarte kāma-kalāyām api dṛṣṭā | sevakatvādyābhimānamayyāṃ ruci-bhaktiś cānyatra jñeyā | tasmā amūs tanu-bhṛtām [BhP 7.9.24] ity ādau upanaya māṃ nija-bhṛtya-pārśvam iti śrī-prahlāda-vacanam | yathā śrī-nārada-pañcarātre - kadā gambhīrayā vācā śriyā yukto jagat-pate | cāmara-vyagra-hastaṃ mām evaṃ kurv iti vakṣyasi || iti | yathā skānde sanatkumāra-prokta-saṃhitāyāṃ prābhākara-rājopākhyāne - aputro'pi sa vai naicchat putraṃ karmānucintayan | vāsudevaṃ jagannāthaṃ sarvātmānaṃ sanātanam || aśeṣopaniṣad-vedyaṃ putrīkṛtya vidhānataḥ | abhiṣecayituṃ rājā svarāja upacakrame || na putram abhyarthitavān sākṣād bhūtāj janārdanāt | agre bhagavad-varaś ca ahaṃ te bhavitā putraḥ || ity ādi | ataevoktaṃ śrī-nārāyaṇa-vyūha-stavaḥ - pati-putra-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-pitṛvan maitravad dharim | ye dhyāyanti sadodyuktās tebhyo'pīha namo namaḥ || iti | atra paty-ādivad iti dhyeyasya pitṛvad iti dhyātur viśeṣaṇaṃ jñeyam | tathā mātṛvad iti vatipratyayena prasiddha-tan-mātṛ-janābheda-bhāvanā naivāṅgīkriyate | kintu tad-anugata-bhāvanaiva | evaṃ pitṛ-bhāvādāv api jñeyam | anyathā bhagavaty ahaṅgrahopāsanāvat teṣv api doṣaḥ syāt | tathā (page 164) dhyāyantīti pūrvoktaṃ manaḥ-pradhānatvam evorīkṛtam | api- śabdena tat-tad-rāga-siddhānāṃ kaimutyam ākṣipyate | nanu, codanā-lakṣaṇo'rtho dharmaḥ [Pūrva-mīmāṃsā 1.1.2] ity anena pūrva- mīmāṃsāyāṃ vidhinaivāpūrvaṃ jāyata iti śrūyate | tathā śruti-smṛti- purāṇādi-pañcarātra-vidhiṃ vinā ity ādinā yāmale śruty-ādy-ekatarokta- krama-niyamaṃ vinā doṣaḥ śrūyate | tathā - śruti-smṛtī mamaivājñe yas te ullaṅghya vartate | ājñā-cchedī mama dveṣī mad-bhakto'pi na vaiṣṇavaḥ || iti | atra śruty-ādy-uktāvaśyaka-kriyā-niṣedhayor ullaṅghanaṃ vaiṣṇavatva- vyāghātakaṃ śrūyate | kathaṃ tarhi vidhi-nirapekṣayā tayā siddhiḥ | ucyate - śrī-bhagavan-nāma-guṇādiṣu vastu-śakteḥ siddhatvān na dharmavad bhakteś codanā-sāpekṣatvam | ato jñānādikaṃ vināpi phala-lābho bahutra śruto'sti | codanā tu yasya svataḥ-pravṛttir nāsti tad-viṣayaiva | tathā kramā-vidhiś ca tad-viṣayaḥ | tasminn eva nānā-vikṣepavati rucy-abhāvena rāgātmika-bhakti- śailīm anabhijānāti | satyām api dhāvan nimīlya vā netre [BhP 11.2.35] ity ādi-nyāyena yathā kathañcid anuṣṭhānataḥ siddhau suṣṭhu vartma- praveśāya kramaśaś cittābhiniveśāya ca maryādā-rūpaḥ sa nirmīyate | anyathā santata-tad-bhakty-unmukhatā-karatādṛśa-rucy-abhāvān maryādānabhipatteś cādhyātmikādibhir utpātair vihanyate ca sa iti | na tu svayaṃ pravṛttimaty api maryādā-nirmāṇam | tasya rucyaiva bhagavan- manorama-rāgātmikā-krama-viśeṣābhiniveśāt | tad uktaṃ svayam eva - jñātvājñātvātha ye vai mām [BhP 11.11.33] ity ādinā | rāgātmika-bhaktimatāṃ durabhisandhitāpy anukaraṇa-mātreṇa tādṛśatva- prāptiḥ śrūyate | yathā dhātrītvānukaraṇena pūtanāyāḥ | tad uktam - sad- veśād iva pūtanāpi sakulā [BhP 10.14.35] iti | kim uta tadīya-rucimadbhis tādṛśa-nirantara-samyag-bhakty-anuṣṭhānena | tad uktam - pūtanā loka-bāla-ghnī rākṣasī rudhirāśanā | jighāṃsayāpi haraye stanaṃ dattvāpa sad-gatim || kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā bhaktyā kṛṣṇāya paramātmane | yacchan priyatamaṃ kiṃ nu raktās tan-mātaro yathā || [BhP 10.6.26-27] iti | ata uktaṃ - na mayy ekānta-bhaktānāṃ guṇa-doṣodbhavā guṇāḥ [BhP 10.20.4] iti | ekāntitvaṃ khalu bhakti-niṣṭhā | sā rucyaiva vā śāstra-vidhy-ādareṇaiva vā jāyate | tato rucer viralatvād uttarābhāvenāpi yad aikāntikītvaṃ tat- tasyaikāntika-mānino dambha-mātram ity arthaḥ | tatas tad-anadyaiva nindā śruti-smṛti-purāṇa ity ādinā, na tu ruci-bhāve'pi tan-nindā yuktā pūtanā ity ādeḥ | tathā coktaṃ pādmottara-khaṇḍe - svātantryāt kriyate karma na ca vedoditaṃ mahat | vinaiva bhagavat-prītyā te vai pāṣaṇḍinaḥ smṛtāḥ || iti | prītir atra tādṛśa-ruciḥ | tad evam atra śātrānādarasyaiva nindā | na tu tad- ajñānasya dhāvan nimīlya vai ity ādeḥ | gautamīya-tantre tv idam apy uktam - (page 165) na japo nārcanaṃ naiva dhyānaṃ nāpi vidhi-kramaḥ | kevalaṃ santataṃ kṛṣṇa-caraṇāmbhoja-bhāvinām || ajāta-tādṛśa-rucinā tu sad-viśeṣādara-mātrādṛtā rāgānugāpi vaidhī- saṃvalitaivānuṣṭheyā | tathā loka-saṃgrahārthaṃ pratiṣṭhitena jāta-tādṛśa- rucinā ca | atra miśratve ca yathā-yogyaṃ rāgānugayaikīkṛtyaiva vaidhī kartavyā | kecid aṣṭādaśākṣara-dhyānaṃ go-dohana-samaya-vaṃśī-vādya- samākṛṣṭa-tat-tat-sarvamayatvena bhāvayanti | yathā caike tādṛśam upāsanaṃ sākṣād vraja-jana-viśeṣāyaiva mahyaṃ śrī-guru-caraṇair mad-abhīṣṭa- viśeṣa-siddhy-artham upadiṣṭaṃ bhāvayāmi | sākṣāt tu śrī-vrajendra- nandanaṃ sevyamāna evāsā iti bhāvayanti | atha śruti-smṛtī mamaivājñe ity-ādi-nindita-mātra-svāvaśyaka-kriyā- niṣedhayor ullaṅghanaṃ dvividham | tau hi dharma-śāstroktau bhakti- śāstroktau cetai | bhagavad-bhakti-viśvāsena dauḥśīlyena vā pūrvayorakaraṇa-karaṇa-pratyāsattau na vaiṣṇava-bhāvād bhraṃśaḥ | devarṣi- bhūtāpta-nṝṇāṃ [BhP 11.5.37] ity ādy-ukteḥ, api cet sudurācāraḥ [Gītā 9.30] ity-ādy-ukteś ca | tādṛśa-rucimati tu tayaiva rucyā dviṣṭatvād apunarbhavādy-ānandasyāpi vāñchā nāsti kim uta parama-ghṛṇāspadasya | atas tatra svata eva na pravṛttiḥ | pramādādinā kadācij jātaṃ ced vikarma tat- kṣaṇād eva naśyaty api | uktaṃ ca-vikarma yac cotpatitaṃ kathaṃcid dhunoti sarvaṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ [BhP 11.5.38] iti | atha vaiṣṇava-śāstroktau | tau tarhi viṣṇu-santoṣaika-prayojanāv eva bhavataḥ | tayoś ca tādṛśatve śrute sati tadīya-rāga-rucimataḥ svata eva pravṛtty-apravṛttau syātām | tat-santoṣaika-jīvanatvāt prīti-jāteḥ | ataeva na tatra svānugamyamāna-rāgātmaka-siddha-bhakta-viśeṣeṇa kṛtatvākṛtatvayor anusandhānaṃ cāpekṣyaṃ syāt | kintu tat-kṛtatve sati viśeṣaṇāgraho bhavatīty eva viśeṣaḥ | atra kvacic chāstrokta-krama-vidhy-apekṣā ca rāga-rucyaiva pravartiteti rāgānugāntaḥpāta eva | ye ca śrī-gokulādi-virāji-rāgātmikānugās tat-parās te tu śrī-kṛṣṇa-kṣema-tat-saṃsargāntarāyābhāvādi-kāmyātmaka-tad- abhiprāya-rītyaiva viaṣṇava-laukika-dharmānuṣṭhānaṃ kurvanti | ataeva rāgānugāyāṃ rucer eva sad-dharma-pravartakatvāt śruti-smṛtī mamaivājñe ity etad-vākyasya na tad-vartma-bhakti-viṣayatvam | kintu bāhya-śāstra- nirmita-buddha-rṣabha-dattātreyādi-bhajana-vartma-viṣayatvam eva | tathoktam - veda-dharma-viruddhātmā yadi deva prapūjayet | sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvad āhūta-samplavam || iti rāgānugāyāṃ vidhy-apravartitāyām api na veda-bāhyatvam | veda-vaidika- prasiddhaiva sā tatra tatra rucitvāt | vedeṣu buddhādīnāṃ tu varṇanaṃ veda- bāhyaṃ viruddhatvenaiva yathā -- tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte sammohāya sura-dviṣām | buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati || [BhP 1.3.24] ity ādi | tasmād bhavaty eva rāgānugā samīcīnā | tathā vaidhīto'py atiśayavatī ca | maryādā-vacanaṃ hy āveśārtham eveti darśitam | sa punar āveśo yathā ruci- viśeṣa-lakṣaṇa-mānasa-bhāvena syān na tathā (page 166) vidhi-preraṇayā | svārasika-mano-dharmatvāt tasya | tatra cāstāṃ tāvad-anukūla-bhāvaḥ | parama-niṣiddhena pratikūla-bhāvenāpy āveśo jhaṭiti syāt | tad-āveśa- sāmarthyena pratikūla-doṣa-hāniḥ syāt | sarvānartha-nivṛttiś ca syād iti bhāva-mārgasya balavattve dṛṣṭānto'pi dṛśyate | tatra yady anukūla-bhāvaḥ syāt tadā paramaikānti-sādhya evāptau | atha bhāva-mārga-sāmānyasya balavattvaṃ prakaraṇam utthāpyate | śrī- yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -- aho aty-adbhutaṃ hy etad durlabhaikāntinām api | vāsudeve pare tattve prāptiś caidyasya vidviṣaḥ || [BhP 7.1.15] ekāntināṃ parama-jñāninām api yatas tasya sā na sambhavati | etad veditum icchāmaḥ sarva eva vayaṃ mune | bhagavan-nindayā veno dvijais tamasi pātitaḥ || [BhP 7.1.16] tamasi narake | bahu-narakādi-bhogānantaram eva pṛthu-janma- prabhāvodayena tasya sad-gati-śravaṇāt | eṣaḥ -- damaghoṣa-sutaḥ pāpa ārabhya kala-bhāṣaṇāt | sampraty amarṣī govinde dantavakraś ca durmatiḥ || [BhP 7.1.17] ity ādi | spaṣṭaṃ | || 7.1 || yudhiṣṭhiro nāradam || 312-314 || [315-320] tatrottaram śrī-nārada uvāca - aho bhagavan-nindakasya naraka-pātena bhāvyam iti vadatas tava ko'bhiprāyaḥ ? bhagavat-pīḍā-karatvād vā tad- abhāve'pi surāpānādivan niṣiddha-nindā-śravaṇād vā | tatra tāvad vimūḍhair janair nindādikaṃ prākṛtān tama ādei-guṇān uddhiśyaiva pravartate | tataḥ prakṛti-paryantāśrayasya tat-kṛta-nindāder aprākṛta-guṇa- vigrahādau tasmin pravṛttir nāsty eva | na ca jīvavat prakṛti-paryante vastu- jāte bhagavad-abhimāno'sti | tataś ca tena tasya pīḍāpi nāsty eva | tad etad āha sārdhais tribhiḥ -- nindana-stava-satkāra- nyakkārārthaṃ kalevaram | pradhāna-parayo rājann avivekena kalpitam || [BhP 7.1.22] nindanaṃ doṣa-kīrtanam | nyak-kāras tiraskāraḥ | nindana-stuty-ādi- jñānārthaṃ pradhāna-puruṣayor avivekena jīvānāṃ kalevaraṃ kalpitaṃ racitam | tataś ca - hiṃsā tad-abhimānena daṇḍa-pāruṣyayor yathā | vaiṣamyam iha bhūtānāṃ mamāham iti pārthiva || yan-nibaddho'bhimāno'yaṃ tad-vadhāt prāṇināṃ vadhaḥ | tathā na yasya kaivalyād abhimāno'khilātmanaḥ || parasya dama-kartur hi hiṃsā kenāsya kalpyate || [BhP 7.1.23-25] iha prākṛte loke | yathā tat-kalevarābhimānena bhūtānāṃ mamāham iti vaiṣamyaṃ bhavati, yathā tat-kṛtābhyāṃ daṇḍa-pāruṣyābhyāṃ tāḍana- nindābhyāṃ nimitta-bhūtābhyāṃ hiṃsā ca bhavati, yathā yasmin nibaddho'bhimānas tasya dehasya vadhāt prāṇināṃ vadhaś ca bhavati, yathā yasyābhimāno nāstīty arthaḥ | asya parameśvarasya hiṃsā kena hetunā kalpyate | api tu na kenāpīty arthaḥ | tathābhimābhāve hetuḥ kaivalyāt | dehendriyāsuhīnānāṃ vaikuṇṭha-pura-vāsinām [BhP 7.1.35] iti kaimutyādi- prāpta-śuddhatvāt | tādṛśa-nindādy-agamya-śuddha-sac-cidānanda- vigrahāditvād ity arthaḥ | tasya tad-agamyatvaṃ ca (page 167) nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ [Gītā 7.25] iti śrī-bhagavad-gītātaḥ | tādṛśa-vailakṣaṇyena hetuḥ akhilānām ātmabhūtasya | tatra hetuḥ parasya prakṛti-vaibhava-saṅga-rahitasya | hiṃsāyā aviṣayatve hetv-antaraṃ damakatuḥ paramāśaryānanta-śaktitvāt sarveṣām eva śikṣā-kartur iti | tad evaṃ yasmād bhagavato nindādi-kṛtam vaiṣamyaṃ nāsti tasmād yena kenāpy upāyena sakṛd yad-aṅga-pratimānta-rāhitā [BhP 10.12.39] ity ādivat tad-ābhāsam api dhyāyatas tad-āveśāt tatra vaireṇāpi dhyāyatas tad-āveśenaiva nindādi-kṛta- pāpasyāpi nāśāt tat-sāyujyādikaṃ yuktam ity āśayenāha tasmād ity ādibhiḥ | tathā hi - tasmād vairānubandhena nirvaireṇa bhayena vā | snehāt kāmena vā yuñjyāt kathañcin nekṣate pṛthak || [BhP 7.1.26] yuñjyād iti sneha-kāmādīnāṃ vidhātum aśakyatvāt sambhāvanāyām eva liṅ | vairānubandhādīnām ekatareṇāpi yuñjyād dhyāyec cet tadā bhagavataḥ pṛthag nekṣate tad-āviṣṭo bhavatīty arthaḥ | vairānubandho vaira- bhāvāvicchedaḥ | nirvairo vairābhāva-mātram audāsīnyam ucyate | tena kāmādi-rāhityam apy āyāti | vairādi-bhāva-rāhityam ity arthaḥ | tena vā vairād-bhāva-rāhityena yuñjyāt | vihitatva-mātra-buddhyā dhyāyeta | dhyānopalakṣitaṃ bhakti-yogaṃ kuryād ity arthaḥ | snehaḥ kāmātiraktaḥ parasparam akṛtrimaḥ prema-viśeṣaḥ | sa tu sādhake tad-abhirucir eva | tad evaṃ sarveṣāṃ tad-āveśa eva phalam iti sthite jhaṭiti tad-āvaśa-siddhaye teṣu bhāva-maya-mārgeṣu ninditenāpi vaireṇa vidhi-mayyā bhakter na sāmyam ity āha -- yathā vairānubandhena martyas tan-mayatām iyāt | na tathā bhakti-yogena iti me niścitā matiḥ || [BhP 7.1.27] vairānubandheneti bhayasyāpy upalakṣaṇam | yathā-śaighryeṇa tan-mayatāṃ tad-āviṣṭatā bhakti-yogena vihitatva-mātra-buddhyā kriyamāṇena tu na tathā | āstāṃ tādṛśa-vastu-śakti-yuktasya teṣu prakāśamānasya bhagavato bhagavad-vigrahābhāsasya vā vārtā | prākṛte'pi tad-bhāva-mātrasya bhāvyāveśa-phalaṃ mahad dṛśyata iti sa-dṛṣṭāntaṃ tad eva pratipādayati - kīṭaḥ peśaskṛtā ruddhaḥ kuḍyāyāṃ tam anusmaran | saṃrambha-bhaya-yogena vindate tat-svarūpatām || evaṃ kṛṣṇe bhagavati māyā-manuja īśvare | vaireṇa pūta-pāpmānas tam āpur anucintayā || [BhP 7.1.28-29] saṃrambho dveṣo bhayaṃ ca tābhyāṃ yogas tad-āveśas tena | tat-svarūpatāṃ tasya svam ātmīya-rūpam ākṛtir yatra tat tām tat sārūpyam ity arthaḥ | evam iti eva apīyarthaḥ | narākṛti-para-brahmatvād māyayaiva prākṛta-manujatayā pratīyamāne | nanu kīṭasya preśaskṛd-dveṣe pāpaṃ na bhavati | tatra tu tat syād ity āśaṅkyāha - vaireṇa yānucintā tad-āveśas tayaiva pūta-pāpmānas tad- dhyānāveśasya tādṛk-śaktitvād iti bhāvaḥ | na ca śāstra-vihitenaiva bhagavad-dharmeṇa siddhiḥ syān na ca tad-vihitena kāmādineti vācyam | (page 168) kāmād dveṣād bhayāt snehād yathā bhaktyeśvare manaḥ | āveśya tad-aghaṃ hitvā bahavas tad-gatiṃ gatāḥ || [BhP 7.1.29] yathā vihitayā bhaktya īśvare mana āviśya tad-gatiṃ gacchanti tathiavāvihitenāpi kāmādinā bahavo gatā ity arthaḥ | tad-aghaṃ teṣu kāmādiṣu madhye yad-dveṣa-bhayayor aghaṃ bhavati tad dhitvaiva | bhayasyāpi dveṣa-saṃvalitatvād aghotpādakatvaṃ jñeyam | atra kecit kāmam apy aghaṃ manyante | tatredaṃ vicāryate bhagavati kevalaṃ kāma eva kevala-pāpāvahaḥ kiṃ vā pati-bhāva-yuktaḥ | athavā upapati- bhāva-yukta iti | sa eva kevala iti cet sa kiṃ dveṣādi-gaṇapatitvāt tadvat svarūpeṇaiva vā | parama-śuddhe bhagavati yad-adhara-pānādikaṃ yac ca kāmukādy-āropaṇaṃ tenātikrameṇa vā pāpa-śravaṇena vā | nādyena -- uktaṃ purastād etat te caidyaḥ siddhiṃ yathā gataḥ | dviṣann api hṛṣīkeśaṃ kim utādhokṣaja-priyāḥ || [BhP 10.29.13] ity atra dveṣāder nyakkṛtatvāt tasya tu stutatvāt | ataś ca priyā iti snehavat kāmasyāpi prītyātmakatvena tadvad eva na doṣaḥ | tādṛśīnāṃ kāmo hi premaika-rūpaḥ | yat te sujāta-caraṇāmburuhaṃ staneṣu bhītāḥ śanaiḥ priya dadhīmahi karkaśeṣu [BhP 10.31.19] ity ādāv atikramyāpi sva-sukhaṃ tadānukūlya eva tātparya-darśanāt sairindhryās tu bhāvo riraṃsā-prāyatvena śrī-gopikānām iva kevala-tat-tātparyābhāvāt tad-apekṣayaiva nindyate na tu svarūpataḥ | sānaṅga-tapta-kucayoḥ [BhP 10.48.6] ity ādau ananta-caraṇena rujo mṛjanti iti parirabhya kāntam ānanda-mūrtim iti kārya-dvārā tat- stutaiḥ | tatrāpi sahoṣyatām iha preṣṭha [BhP 10.48.8] ity atra prīty- abhivyaktaś ca | ataeva - saivaṃ kaivalya-nāthaṃ taṃ prāpya duṣprāpyam īśvaram | aṅga-rāgārpaṇenāho durbhagedam ayācata || [BhP 10.48.8] durārādhyaṃ samārādhya viṣṇuṃ sarveśvareśvaram | yo vṛṇīte mano-grāhyam asattvāt kumanīṣy asau || [BhP 10.48.11] iti caivaṃ yojayanti | kaivalyam ekāntitvam | tena yo nāthaḥ sevanīyas tam | purā tādṛśa-trivakratvādi-lakṣaṇa-daurbhāgyavaty api | aho āścaryam aṅga- rāgārpaṇa-lakṣaṇena bhagavad-dharmāṃśena kāraṇena sampratīdaṃ sahoṣyatām iha preṣṭha dināni katicin mayā ramasva [BhP 10.48.8] ity ādi- lakṣaṇaṃ saubhāgyam ayācata iti | ataḥ - kim anena kṛtaṃ puṇyam avadhūtena bhikṣuṇā | śriyā hīnena loke'smin garhitenādhamena ca || [BhP 10.80.25] iti śrīdāma-vipram uddiśya purajana-vacanavad eva tathoktiḥ | nanu kāmukī sā kim iti ślāghyate | tatrāha durārādhyam iti | yo mano-grāhyaṃ prākṛtam eva viṣayaṃ vṛṇīte kāmayata asāv eva kumanīṣī | sā tu bhagavantakeva kāmayata iti parama-sumanīṣiṇyeveti bhāvaḥ | tad evaṃ tasya (page 169) kāmasya dveṣādi-gaṇāntaḥpātitvaṃ parihṛtya tena pāpāvahatvaṃ parihṛtam | atha kāmukatvādy-āropaṇādy-adhara-pānādi-rūpas tatra vyavahāro'pi nātikrama-hetuḥ | yato lokavat tu līlā-kaivalyam iti nyāyena līlā tatra svabhāvata eva siddhā | atra ca śrī-bhūr-līlādībhis tasya tādṛśa-līlāyāḥ śrī- vaikuṇṭhādiṣu nitya-siddhatvena svatantra-līlā-vinodasya tasyābhiruci- tattvenaivāvagamyate | tathā tat-preyasī-janānām api tat-svarūpa-śakti- vigrahatvena param-śuddha-rūpatvāt tato nyānatābhāvāc ca tad-adhara- pānādikam api nānurūpaṃ pūrva-yuktyā tad-abhirucitam eva ca | na ca prākṛta-vāmā-janena doṣaḥ prasañjanīyaḥ | tad-yogyaṃ tādṛśaṃ bhāvaṃ svarūpa-śakti-vigrahatvaṃ ca prāpyaiva tad-icchayaiva tat-prāpteḥ | atha pāpa-śravaṇena ca na pāpāvaho'sau kāmaḥ | tad-aśravaṇād eva | atataḥ pati-bhāva-yukte ca tatra sutarāṃ na doṣaḥ, pratyuta stutiḥ śrūyate | yāḥ samparyacaran premṇā pāda-saṃvāhanādibhiḥ | jagad-guruṃ bhartṛ-buddhyā tāsāṃ kiṃ varṇyate tapaḥ || [BhP 10.9.27] iti | mahānubhāva-munīnām api tad-bhāvaḥ śrūyate | yathā śrī-mādhvācārya- dhṛtaṃ kaurma-vacanam - agni-putrā mahātmānas tapasā strītvam āpire | bhartāraṃ ca jagad-yoniṃ vāsudevam ajaṃ vibhum || iti | ataeva vanditaṃ pati-putra-suhṛd-bhrātṛ ity ādinā | athopapati-bhāvena na ca pāpāvaho'sau yat paty-apatya-suhṛdām anuvṛttir aṅga [BhP 10.29.19] ity ādinā tābhir evottaritatvāt | gopīnāṃ tat-patīnāṃ ca [BhP 10.33.35] ity ādinā śrī-śuka-vacanena ca | na pāraye'haṃ niravadya-saṃyujāṃ sva-sādhu-kṛtyaṃ vibudhāyuṣāpi vaḥ [BhP 10.32.22] ity atra niravadya-saṃyujām ity anena svayaṃ śrī-bhagavatā ca | tādṛśānām anyeṣām api tad-bhāvo dṛśyate | yathā pādmottara-khaṇḍa-vacanam - purā maharṣayaḥ sarve daṇḍakāraṇya-vāsinaḥ | dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ hariṃ tatra bhoktum aicchat suvigraham || te sarve strītvam āpannāḥ samudbhūtās tu gokule | hariṃ samprāpya kāmena tato muktā bhavārṇavāt || [PadmaP 6.245.164] iti | ataḥ puruṣeṣv api strī-bhāvenodbhavād bhagavad-viṣayatvān na prākṛta- kāma-devodbhāvitaḥ prākṛtaḥ kāmo'sau kintu sākṣān manmatha-manmathaḥ [BhP 10.32.2] iti śravaṇāt | āgamādau tasya kāmatvenopāsanāc ca bhagavataivodbhāvito'prākṛta evāsau kāma iti jñeyam | śrīmad- uddhavādīnāṃ parama-bhaktānām api ca tac-chlāghā śrūyate - etāḥ paraṃ tanu-bhṛto bhuvi gopa-vadhvaḥ [BhP 10.47.51] ity ādau | kiṃ bahunā śrutīnām api tad-bhāvo bṛhad-vāmane prasiddhaḥ | yatas tatra śrutayo'pi nitya- (page 170) siddha-gopikā-bhāvābhilāṣiṇyas tad-rūpeṇaiva tad-gaṇāntaḥpātinyo babhūvur iti prasiddhiḥ | etat prasiddhi-sūcakam evaitad ukta tābhir eva -- nibhṛta-marun-mano-'kṣa-dṛṭha-yoga-yujo hṛdi yan munaya upāsate tad arayo'pi yayuḥ smaraṇāt | striya uragendra-bhoga-bhuja-daṇḍa-viṣakta-dhiyo vayam api te samāḥ sama-dṛśo'ṅghri-saroja-sudhāḥ || [BhP 10.87.23] iti | vispaṣṭaś cāyam arthaḥ | yad brahmākhyaṃ tattvaṃ śāstra-dṛṣṭyā prayāsa- bāhulyena munaya upāsate tad arayo'pi yasya smaraṇāt tad-upāsanaṃ vinaiva yayuḥ | tathā striyaḥ śrī-gopa-subhruvas te tava śrī-nandanandana-rūpasya urugendra-dehat-tulyau yau bhuja-daṇḍau tava viṣakta-dhiyaḥ satyas tavaivāṅghri-saroja-sudhās tadīya-sparśa-viśeṣa-jāti-prema-mādhuryāṇi yayuḥ | vayaṃ śrutayo'pi samadṛśas tat-tulya-bhāvāḥ satyaḥ samās tādṛśa- gopikātva-prāptyā tat-sāmyam āptās tā evāṅghri-rajo-sudhāṃ yātavatya ity arthaḥ | artha-vaśād vibhakti-pariṇāmaḥ |aṅghrīti sādaroktiḥ | atra tad arayo'pi yayuḥ smaraṇād ity anena bhāva-mārgasya jhaṭity artha-sādhanatvaṃ darśitam | sama-dṛśa ity anena rāgānugāyā eva tatra sādhakatamatvaṃ vyañjitam | anyathā sarva-sādhana-sādhya-viduṣyaḥ śrutayo'nyatraiva pravarteran | tathā smaraṇa-para-yugma-dvaye'smin sva-sva-yugme prathamasya mukhyatvaṃ dvitīyasya gauṇatvaṃ darśitam | ubhayatrāpy api-śabda-sāhityenottaratra pāṭhād ekārthatā-prāpteḥ | ataḥ striya iti nityāḥ śrī-gopikā eva tā jñeyāḥ | tathaiva śrutibhir iti śrī-kṛṣṇa-nitya-dhāmni tā dṛṣṭā iti bṛhad-vāmana eva prasiddham | tad evaṃ sādhu vyākhyātam kāmād dveṣāt ity ādau tad-aghaṃ hitvā ity atra teṣu madhye dveṣa-bhayayor yad-agham ity ādi |

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English witness · section(s) 315

Anuccheda 315

1 Sri Narada gave this reply: To whom do you refer when you say that a person who offends the Supreme Personality of Godhead must go to hell? Do you refer to a person who gives suffering to the Lord? Or, if you do not refer to such a person, do you refer to a person who offends the Lord by drinking liquor and performing other forbidden acts? 2 The bewildered conditioned souls have the power to blaspheme and offend only things created from the material modes of ignorance, passion and goodness. They who have taken shelter of the material nature do not have the power to blaspheme or offend a person whose form, qualities and other features are not material. Unlike the conditioned souls, the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not identify Himself as a product of the material nature. Therefore He is never troubled by the offenses committed by the conditioned souls. This is explained in the following three and a half verses of Srimad Bhagavatam. 3 In Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.22) it is said: "O King, blasphemy and praise, chastisement and respect, are experienced because of ignorance. The body of the conditioned soul is planned by the Lord for suffering in the material world through the agency of the external energy."* 4 Here the word "nindanam" means "describing faults", and "nyakkarah" means "eclipsed". This means, "for making one aware of praise, criticism, and other dualities". Then the verse explains, "The body of the conditioned soul is planned by the Lord for suffering in the material world through the agency of the external energy."*

Bhakti · Sanskrit §321 · English §316

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[३२१] अथ बहवस् तद्-गतिं गता इत्य् अत्र निदर्शयम् आह -- गोप्यः कामाद् भयात् कंसो द्वेषाच् चैद्यादयो नृपाः । सम्बन्धाद् वृष्णयः स्नेहाद् यूयं भक्त्या वयं विभो ॥ [भ्प् ७.१०.३०] गोप्य इति साधक-चरीणां गोपी-विशेषाणां पूर्वावस्थाम् एवावलम्ब्योच्यते । वयम् इति यथा श्री-नारदस्य हि प्र्युज्यमाने मयि तां शुद्धां भागवतीं तनुम् [भ्प् १.६.२८] इत्य्-आद्य्-उक्त-रीत्या पार्षद-देहत्वे सिद्धे तेन स्वयं वयम् इति पूर्वावस्थाम् अवलम्ब्योच्यते । तत्रैव वैधी भक्तिः । अधुना लब्ध-रागस्य तस्य न मय्य् एकान्त-भक्तानां गुण-दोषोद्भवा गुणाः [भ्प् ११.२०.३६] इति न्यायेन विध्य्-अनधीना रागात्मिकैव विराजत इति । अतएव तद्-गतिं गताः इति तेषां फल-प्राप्तेर् अप्य् अतीतत्व-निर्देशः । अत्र ता गोप्य इवाधुन्क्यश् च तद्-गुणादि-श्रवणेनैव तद्-भावा भवेयुः । यथोक्तम् -- श्रुत-मात्रोऽपि यः स्त्रीणां प्रसह्याकर्षते मनः । उरु-गायोरु-गीतो वा पश्यन्तीनां च किं पुनः ॥ [भ्प् १०.९०.१७] इति । अथवा पार्षद-चरस्यापि चैद्यस्यागन्तुकोपद्रवाभास-नाश-दर्शनेनैव साधकत्व-निर्देशः । सम्बन्धाद् यः स्नेहो रागस् तस्माद् वृष्णयो यूयं च इत्य् एकम् । तस्माद् वैरानुबन्धेन इत्य् आदौ कामात् इत्य् आदौ चोक्तस्यैवार्थस्यो-दाहरण-वाक्येऽस्मिन् तद्-ऐकार्त्याकश्यमत्वात् । पञ्चानाम् (पगे १७१) इति वक्ष्यमाणानुरोधात् । उभयत्रापि सम्बन्ध- स्नेहयोर् द्वयोर् अपि विद्यमानत्वाच् च सम्बन्ध-ग्रहणं रागस्यैव विशेषत्व-ज्ञापनार्थम् । गोपीवद् अत्रापि साधक-चरा वृष्णि-विशेषाः पाण्डव-सम्बन्धि-विशेषाश् च पूर्वावस्थाम् अवलम्ब्य साधकत्वेन निर्दिष्टाः । अतः सम्बन्धज-स्नेहेऽपि तद्-अभिरुचि-मात्रं ज्ञेयम् । भक्त्या विहितया । अस्या एव प्रतिलब्धत्वेन भाव-मार्गं निर्देष्टुम् उपक्रान्तत्वात् ।

[321] atha bahavas tad-gatiṃ gatā ity atra nidarśayam āha -- gopyaḥ kāmād bhayāt kaṃso dveṣāc caidyādayo nṛpāḥ | sambandhād vṛṣṇayaḥ snehād yūyaṃ bhaktyā vayaṃ vibho || [BhP 7.10.30] gopya iti sādhaka-carīṇāṃ gopī-viśeṣāṇāṃ pūrvāvasthām evāvalambyocyate | vayam iti yathā śrī-nāradasya hi pryujyamāne mayi tāṃ śuddhāṃ bhāgavatīṃ tanum [BhP 1.6.28] ity-ādy-ukta-rītyā pārṣada-dehatve siddhe tena svayaṃ vayam iti pūrvāvasthām avalambyocyate | tatraiva vaidhī bhaktiḥ | adhunā labdha-rāgasya tasya na mayy ekānta-bhaktānāṃ guṇa-doṣodbhavā guṇāḥ [BhP 11.20.36] iti nyāyena vidhy-anadhīnā rāgātmikaiva virājata iti | ataeva tad-gatiṃ gatāḥ iti teṣāṃ phala-prāpter apy atītatva-nirdeśaḥ | atra tā gopya ivādhunkyaś ca tad-guṇādi-śravaṇenaiva tad-bhāvā bhaveyuḥ | yathoktam -- śruta-mātro'pi yaḥ strīṇāṃ prasahyākarṣate manaḥ | uru-gāyoru-gīto vā paśyantīnāṃ ca kiṃ punaḥ || [BhP 10.90.17] iti | athavā pārṣada-carasyāpi caidyasyāgantukopadravābhāsa-nāśa-darśanenaiva sādhakatva-nirdeśaḥ | sambandhād yaḥ sneho rāgas tasmād vṛṣṇayo yūyaṃ ca ity ekam | tasmād vairānubandhena ity ādau kāmāt ity ādau coktasyaivārthasyo-dāharaṇa-vākye'smin tad-aikārtyākaśyamatvāt | pañcānām (page 171) iti vakṣyamāṇānurodhāt | ubhayatrāpi sambandha- snehayor dvayor api vidyamānatvāc ca sambandha-grahaṇaṃ rāgasyaiva viśeṣatva-jñāpanārtham | gopīvad atrāpi sādhaka-carā vṛṣṇi-viśeṣāḥ pāṇḍava-sambandhi-viśeṣāś ca pūrvāvasthām avalambya sādhakatvena nirdiṣṭāḥ | ataḥ sambandhaja-snehe'pi tad-abhiruci-mātraṃ jñeyam | bhaktyā vihitayā | asyā eva pratilabdhatvena bhāva-mārgaṃ nirdeṣṭum upakrāntatvāt |

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English witness · section(s) 316

Anuccheda 316

1 Srimad Bhagavatam (1.7.23-24) continues: "My dear King, the conditioned soul, being in the bodily conception of life, considers his body to be his self and considers everything in relationship with the body to be his. Because he has this wrong conception of life, he is subjected to dualities like praise and chastisement.* 2 Because of the bodily conception of life, the conditioned soul thinks that when the body is annihilated the living being is annihilated. Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme controller, the Supersoul of all living entities. Because He has not material body, He has no false conception of 'I' and 'mine'. It is therefore incorrect to think that He feels pleasure or pain when blasphemed or offered prayers. This is impossible for Him. Thus He has no enemy and no friend. When He chastises the demons it is for their good, and when He accepts the prayers of the devotees it is for their good. He is affected neither by prayers nor by blasphemy."* 3 The word "iha" means "in the material world". These verses explain, "The conditioned soul, being in the bodily conception of life, considers his body to be his self and considers everything in relationship with the body to be his. Because he has this wrong conception of life, he is subjected to dualities like praise and chastisement. Because of the bodily conception of life, the conditioned soul thinks that when the body is annihilated the living being is annihilated.* However, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not like the conditioned soul. How can He be punished or made to suffer? There is no way that this can be possible." 4 The reason the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not identify with a material body is given with the word "kaivalyat" (because His body is not material). This is described in the following words of Srimad Bhagavatam (1.7.35): "The bodies of the inhabitants of Vaikuntha are completely spiritual, having nothing to do with the material body, senses, or life air."* If the inhabitants of Vaikuntha have pure and spiritual bodies that cannot be blasphemed or offended, then how much more so must the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead be spiritual, pure, eternal, and full of knowledge and bliss? That is the meaning here. 5 The conditioned souls cannot even approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He Himself affirms this in the following words of Bhagavad-gita (7.25): "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal potency and therefore they do not know that I am unborn and infallible."* 6 The Supreme Personality of Godhead is different from the individual spirit souls because: 1. He is the Supersoul present in everyone's heart, 2. He is untouched by the material energy, 3. He can never be harmed, 4. He is the supreme controller (dharma-kartuh) and 5. as the master of limitless wonderful potencies, He is the master and teacher of all.

Bhakti · Sanskrit §322 · English §317–318

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[३२२] यदि द्वेषेणापि सिद्धिस् तर्हि वेणः किम् इति नरके पातित इत्य् आशङ्क्याह -- कतमोऽपि न वेनः स्यात् पञ्चानां पुरुषं प्रति [भ्प् ७.१.३१] पुरुषं भगवन्तं प्रति लक्ष्यीकृत्य पञ्चानां वैरानुबन्धादीनां मध्ये वेणः कतमोऽपि न स्यात् । तस्य तं प्रति प्रासङ्गिक-निन्दा- मात्रात्मकं वैरं न तु वैरानुबन्धः । ततस् तीव्र-ध्यानाभावात् पापम् एव तत्र प्रतिफलितम् इति भावः । ततोऽसुर-तुल्य-स्वभावैर् अपि तस्मिन् स्व-मोक्षार्थं वैर-भावानुष्ठान-साहसं न कर्तव्यम् इत्य् अभिप्रेतम् । अतएव ये वै भगवता प्रोक्ताः [भ्प् ११.२.३२] इत्य् आदेर् अप्य् अतिव्याप्तिर् व्याहन्यते अनभिप्रेतत्वेना-प्रोक्तत्वात् ।

[322] yadi dveṣeṇāpi siddhis tarhi veṇaḥ kim iti narake pātita ity āśaṅkyāha -- katamo'pi na venaḥ syāt pañcānāṃ puruṣaṃ prati [BhP 7.1.31] puruṣaṃ bhagavantaṃ prati lakṣyīkṛtya pañcānāṃ vairānubandhādīnāṃ madhye veṇaḥ katamo'pi na syāt | tasya taṃ prati prāsaṅgika-nindā- mātrātmakaṃ vairaṃ na tu vairānubandhaḥ | tatas tīvra-dhyānābhāvāt pāpam eva tatra pratiphalitam iti bhāvaḥ | tato'sura-tulya-svabhāvair api tasmin sva-mokṣārthaṃ vaira-bhāvānuṣṭhāna-sāhasaṃ na kartavyam ity abhipretam | ataeva ye vai bhagavatā proktāḥ [BhP 11.2.32] ity āder apy ativyāptir vyāhanyate anabhipretatvenā-proktatvāt |

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English witness · section(s) 317–318

Anuccheda 317

1 Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead is never troubled by blasphemy or any other offense, therefore one should meditate on Him, somehow or other, by any means available. In Srimad Bhagavatam 10.12.39 it is said: "If even only once or even by force one bridges the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead into one's mind, one can attain the supreme salvation by the mercy of Krsna, as did Aghasura. What then is to be said of those whose hearts the Supreme Personality of Godhead enters when He appears as an incarnation, or those who always think of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the source of transcendental bliss for all living entities and by whom all illusion is completely removed"?* Therefore they who meditate on the Supreme Lord's effulgence merge into the Lord's effulgence, and they who meditate on the Lord because they hate Him also merge into the Lord's effulgence. By thus merging these persons become purified of their blasphemies and other sins. That such persons attain sayujya-mukti (impersonal liberation) is described in these words of Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.26): 2 "Therefore by enmity or by devotional service, by fear, by affection or by lusty desire, by all of these or any one of them, if a conditioned soul somehow or other concentrates his mind upon the Lord, the result is the same, for the Lord, because of His blissful position, is never affected by enmity or friendship."* 3 The word "yunjyat" means that if one is not able to meditate on the Lord with love, lust or in any favourable way, then one should meditate on Him in whatever way one can, even if that means to meditate on Him with hatred. Here the vidhi-lin (potential mood) is used to indicate a command. Somehow or other one should think of the Lord alone and nothing else (neksate prthak). Thus the mind is fixed on the Lord. That is the meaning. Here the word "vairena" means "with enmity" and "nirvairena" means "without enmity" or "in a neutral way". Thus one may meditate on the Lord without passionate desire, hatred or any other emotion. That is the meaning here. When one meditates (yunjyat) on the Lord without enmity and with full concentration of the mind, that meditation is known as devotional service (bhakti-yoga). That is the meaning. The word "snehah" means "affection", which is different from lust (kama). This means mutual, sincere love. The Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes attracted to His affectionate devotee.

Anuccheda 318

1 The result of all this is that one quickly becomes merged in the Lord. Thus the path of thinking of the Lord, even if it is done with enmity and even if one blasphemes the Lord is not on the same level as mere vaidhi bhakti. This is explained in the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.26): 2 "By devotional service one cannot achieve such intense absorption in thought of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as one can through enmity toward Him. That is my opinion."* 3 This is the nature of fear and enmity (vairanubandhena). When they are directed to the Lord one may easily merge into the existence of the Lord (tan-mayatam). By engaging in vaidhi bhakti (bhakti-yogena) one does not attain that result at all (tu na tatha).

Bhakti · Sanskrit §323 · English §319

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[३२३] यस्माद् एवं - तस्मात् केनाप्य् उपायेन मनः कृष्णे निवेशयेत् ॥ [भ्प् ७.१.३१] इति । अत्रापि पूर्ववन् निवेशयेद् इति सम्मति-मात्रं न विधिः । केनापि तेष्व् अप्य् उपायेषु युक्ततमेनैकेनेत्य् अर्थः । अज्प् उअस् तदृच-बहु-प्रयत्न-साध्य- वैधी-भक्ति-मार्गेण चिरात् साध्यते स एवाचिराद् भाव-विशेष-मात्रेण तत्र च द्वेषादिनापि । तस्माद् एवंभूते परम-सद्-गुण-स्वभावे तस्मिन् दूरेऽस्तु पामर-जन-भाव्यस्य वैरस्य वार्ता को वाधम औदास्यम् अवलम्ब्य प्रीतिम् अपि न कुर्याद् इति रागानुगायाम् एव तच् च युक्ततमत्वम् अङ्गीकृतं भवति । ॥ ७.१ ॥ श्री-नारदः युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ३१२-३२३ ॥

[323] yasmād evaṃ - tasmāt kenāpy upāyena manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet || [BhP 7.1.31] iti | atrāpi pūrvavan niveśayed iti sammati-mātraṃ na vidhiḥ | kenāpi teṣv apy upāyeṣu yuktatamenaikenety arthaḥ | ajp uas tadṛca-bahu-prayatna-sādhya- vaidhī-bhakti-mārgeṇa cirāt sādhyate sa evācirād bhāva-viśeṣa-mātreṇa tatra ca dveṣādināpi | tasmād evaṃbhūte parama-sad-guṇa-svabhāve tasmin dūre'stu pāmara-jana-bhāvyasya vairasya vārtā ko vādhama audāsyam avalambya prītim api na kuryād iti rāgānugāyām eva tac ca yuktatamatvam aṅgīkṛtaṃ bhavati | || 7.1 || śrī-nāradaḥ yudhiṣṭhiram || 312-323 ||

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English witness · section(s) 319

Anuccheda 319

1 In this way it is said that the enemies of the Lord merge into the effulgence emanating from the Lord's transcendental form. Even though their hatred was material in nature, it brought them the great and auspicious result of merging into the Lord's effulgence. This is explained in the following example (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.2.17-28): 2-3 "A grassworm confined in a holy of a wall by a bee always thinks of the bee in fear and enmity and later becomes a bee simply because of such remembrance. Similarly, if the conditioned souls somehow or other think of Krsna, who is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, they will become free from their sins. Whether thinking of Him as their worshipable Lord or an enemy, because of constantly thinking of Him they will regain their spiritual bodies."* 4 This verse means, "By fear and hatred they attain their own spiritual forms, which are like that of the Lord. The word "evam" means :thus". The form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is like the form of a human being. Because of the influence of the illusory potency, the Lord is often believed to be an ordinary human being in the material world. 5 Here someone may object: The grassworm does not commit a sin by hating the bee. However by hating the Supreme Lord one certainly does commit a sin. Fearing that someone would object in this way, this verse explains, "By thinking of the Lord as their enemy, they become purified of their sins." This is so because meditation on the Lord has this power.

Srila Jiva Gosvami's Sri Bhakti-sandarbha An Essay on Devotional Service Volume Twelve

Table of Contents Being Attracted to the Lord by Lust or Anger, Anucchedas 320-324 Page 2 Raganuga Bhakti, Anuccheda 325 Page 10 The Devotees Reject Jnana and Yoga, Anucchedas 326-327 Page 13 The Result of Devotional Service, Anucchedas 328-329 Page 15 The Nature of Devotional Service, Anucchedas 330-333 Page 16 Lord Krsna is Both the Goal and the Means to Attain the Goal, Anuccheda 334 Page 20 The Glory of Devotional Service, Anuccheda 336 Page 20 The Path to Perfection, Anuccheda 340 Page 22

Bhakti · Sanskrit §324 · English §320

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[३२४] तद् एवं भाव-मार्ग-सामान्यस्यैव बलवत्त्वेऽपि कैमुत्येन रागानुगायाम् एवाभिधेयत्वम् आह - वैरेण यं नृपतयः शिशुपाल-पौण्ड्र- शाल्वादयो गति-विलास-विलोकनाद्यैः । ध्यायन्त आकृत-धियः शयनासनादौ तत्-साम्यम् आपुर् अनुरक्त-धियां पुनः किम् ॥ [भ्प् ११.५.४८] आकृति-धियस् तत्-तद्-आकारा धीर् येषाम् । एवम् एवोक्तं गारुडे - अज्ञानिनः सुर-वरं समधिक्षिपन्तो यं पापिनोऽपि शिशुपाल-सुयोधनाद्याः । मुक्तिं गताः स्मरण-मात्र-विधूत-पापाः कः संशयः परम-भक्ति-मतां जनानाम् ॥ इति । अत्प् यथा वैरानुबन्धेन [भ्प् ७.१.२६] इत्य् अत्र वैरानुबन्धस्य सर्वत आधिक्यं न योजनीयम् । यच् च - मयि संरम्भ-योगेन निस्तीर्य ब्रह्म-हेलनम् । प्रत्येष्यतं निकाशं मे कालेनाल्पीयसा पुनः ॥ [भ्प् ३.१६.३०] इति । इति जय-विजयौ प्रति वैकुण्ठ-वचनम् । तद् अपि तद्-अपराधाभास- भोगार्थम् एव संरम्भ-योगाभासं विधत्ते तत्-प्राप्तेस् तयोः स्वाभावैक-सिद्धत्वात् । युद्ध-लीलार्थम् एव तत्-प्रपञ्चनात् । अत्र द्वेषादाव् अपि केचिद् भक्तित्वं मन्यन्ते । तद् असत् । भक्ति-सेवादि- शब्दानाम् आनुकूल्य एव (पगे १७२) प्रसिद्धेर् वैरे तद्-विरोधत्वेन तद्- असिद्धेश् च । पाद्मोत्तर-खण्डे च भक्ति-द्वेषादीनां च भेदोऽवगम्यते - योगिभिर् दृश्यते भक्त्या नाभक्त्या दृश्यते क्वचित् । द्रष्टुं न शक्यो रोषाच् च मत्सराद् वा जनार्दनः । [पद्मप् ६.२३८.८३] इत्य् अत्र च । ननु मन्येऽसुरान् भागवतान् [भ्प् ३.२.२४] इत्य् आदौ श्रीमद्-उद्धव-वाक्ये तेषाम् अपि भागवतत्वं निर्दिश्यते । मैवं । यतो मन्य इत्य् अनेनोत्प्रेक्षावगमान् न स्वयं भागवतत्वं तत्रास्तीय् एवं सिध्यतीति । सा चोत्प्रेक्षा तेन तच्-छोकौत्कण्ठ्यवता केवल-दर्शन-भाग्यांशेनैव रचिता युक्तैव । यथा हन्त वयम् एव बहिर्मुखाः । येषाम् अन्ति-समये तन्-मुख-चन्द्रमसो दर्शन-सम्भावनापि न विद्यते । येभ्यश् चासुरा अपि भागवताः । ये खलु तदानीं तन्-मुख-चन्द्रमसो दर्शन- सौभाग्यं प्रापुर् इति । तस्मान् न द्वेषादौ कथञ्चिद् अपि भक्तित्वम् । ॥ ११.५ ॥ श्री-नारदः श्री-वसुदेवम् ॥ ३२४ ॥

[324] tad evaṃ bhāva-mārga-sāmānyasyaiva balavattve'pi kaimutyena rāgānugāyām evābhidheyatvam āha - vaireṇa yaṃ nṛpatayaḥ śiśupāla-pauṇḍra- śālvādayo gati-vilāsa-vilokanādyaiḥ | dhyāyanta ākṛta-dhiyaḥ śayanāsanādau tat-sāmyam āpur anurakta-dhiyāṃ punaḥ kim || [BhP 11.5.48] ākṛti-dhiyas tat-tad-ākārā dhīr yeṣām | evam evoktaṃ gāruḍe - ajñāninaḥ sura-varaṃ samadhikṣipanto yaṃ pāpino'pi śiśupāla-suyodhanādyāḥ | muktiṃ gatāḥ smaraṇa-mātra-vidhūta-pāpāḥ kaḥ saṃśayaḥ parama-bhakti-matāṃ janānām || iti | atp yathā vairānubandhena [BhP 7.1.26] ity atra vairānubandhasya sarvata ādhikyaṃ na yojanīyam | yac ca - mayi saṃrambha-yogena nistīrya brahma-helanam | pratyeṣyataṃ nikāśaṃ me kālenālpīyasā punaḥ || [BhP 3.16.30] iti | iti jaya-vijayau prati vaikuṇṭha-vacanam | tad api tad-aparādhābhāsa- bhogārtham eva saṃrambha-yogābhāsaṃ vidhatte tat-prāptes tayoḥ svābhāvaika-siddhatvāt | yuddha-līlārtham eva tat-prapañcanāt | atra dveṣādāv api kecid bhaktitvaṃ manyante | tad asat | bhakti-sevādi- śabdānām ānukūlya eva (page 172) prasiddher vaire tad-virodhatvena tad- asiddheś ca | pādmottara-khaṇḍe ca bhakti-dveṣādīnāṃ ca bhedo'vagamyate - yogibhir dṛśyate bhaktyā nābhaktyā dṛśyate kvacit | draṣṭuṃ na śakyo roṣāc ca matsarād vā janārdanaḥ | [PadmaP 6.238.83] ity atra ca | nanu manye'surān bhāgavatān [BhP 3.2.24] ity ādau śrīmad-uddhava-vākye teṣām api bhāgavatatvaṃ nirdiśyate | maivaṃ | yato manya ity anenotprekṣāvagamān na svayaṃ bhāgavatatvaṃ tatrāstīy evaṃ sidhyatīti | sā cotprekṣā tena tac-chokautkaṇṭhyavatā kevala-darśana-bhāgyāṃśenaiva racitā yuktaiva | yathā hanta vayam eva bahirmukhāḥ | yeṣām anti-samaye tan-mukha-candramaso darśana-sambhāvanāpi na vidyate | yebhyaś cāsurā api bhāgavatāḥ | ye khalu tadānīṃ tan-mukha-candramaso darśana- saubhāgyaṃ prāpur iti | tasmān na dveṣādau kathañcid api bhaktitvam | || 11.5 || śrī-nāradaḥ śrī-vasudevam || 324 ||

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English witness · section(s) 320

Anuccheda 320

1 One does not attain perfection merely by following the rules of vaidhi bhakti. Neither does one attain perfection by disobeying the rules of vaidhi bhakti. The way to attain perfection is given in the following words of Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.30): 2 Many, many persons have attained liberation simply by thinking of Krsna with great attention and giving up sinful activities. This great attention may be due to lusty desires, inimical feelings, fear, affection or devotional service. I shall now explain how one receives Krsna's mercy simply by concentrating one's mind upon Him."*** 3 This verse means, As some persons concentrate their minds on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus attained liberation by following the rules of vaidhi bhakti, so many other persons also attained liberation by violating the rules of vaidhi bhakti and following lust and other vices in their stead." Among lust and other vices are the sin of hatred and fear. They gave up (hitva) that sin. Because it is mixed with hatred, fear is also considered a sin. 4 Some consider lust a sin. However, the following should be considered: When it is directed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, lust is transcendental and removes sin, whether one thinks of the Lord as one's husband or one's paramour. If this kind of lust is transcendental, then does it remove hatred and other sins because that is its nature, because the lusty person drinks nectar from the lips of the supremely pure Personality of Godhead and therefore this "lust" is not actually lust at all but something far beyond what is known in this world as lust, or merely because the scriptures affirm that it destroys sins? It is not like that. Sri Sukadeva Gosvami rebukes King Pariksit in these words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.29.13); 5 "This point was explained to you previously. Since even Sisupala, who hated Krsna, achieved perfection, then what to speak of the Lord's dear devotees."* 6 In these words lust and other like emotions are criticised and lust is praised. Because lust for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not different from love for Him, there is nothing wrong with it. Here lust is one kind of love. 7 In Srimad Bhagavatam (10.31.19) the gopis declare: "O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we place them gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet will be hurt. Our life rests only in You. Our minds, therefore, are filled with anxiety that Your tender feet might be wounded by pebbles as You roam about on the forest path."* 8 Unconcerned for their own happiness, the gopis wish that Krsna will be happy. Kubja, however is mostly concern about her own happiness. She is not like the gopis, and therefore her attitude is the be criticised. She is described in these words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.48.7): "Simply by smelling the fragrance of Krsna's lotus feet, Kubja cleansed away the burning lust Cupid had aroused in her breasts, chest and eyes. With her two arms she embraced between her breasts her lover, Sri Krsna, the personification of bliss, and thus she gave up her long-standing distress."*** 9 She also declares (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.48.9): "O beloved, please stay here with me for a few day more and enjoy. I cannot bear to give up Your association, O lotus-eyed one."*** In this way she expresses her love. 10 It is also said (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.48.8): "Having thus gotten the hard-to-get Supreme Lord by the simple act of offering Him body ointment, unfortunate Kubja submitted to that Lord of freedom the following request."*** 11 It is also said (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.48.11): "Lord Visnu, the Supreme Lord of all lords, is ordinarily difficult to approach. One who has properly worshipped Him and then chooses the benediction of mundane sense gratification is certainly of poor intelligence, for he is satisfied with an insignificant result."*** 12 In Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.48.8 (quoted in text 10) the word "kaivalya-nathah" means "the Lord who is served by pure devotees". Kubja is described here as "unfortunate" because her body was deformed bent in three places. The word "aho (Oh!) is uttered in surprise. Her offering of body ointment to the Lord was an activity of devotional service. Because of this service she was prompted to ask (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.48.9): "O beloved, please stay here with me for a few days more and enjoy. I cannot bear to give up Your association, O lotus-eyed one."*** In these words she begs that she may become fortunate. 13 In Srimad Bhagavatam (10.80.25) it is said: "What piety has this unwashed, impoverished (brahmana) performed? Everyone looks down on him as most fallen, and yet the spiritual master of the three worlds, the abode of goddess Sri, is serving him reverentially. Leaving her, the goddess of fortune, sitting on her bed, the Lord has embraced this (brahmana) as if he were His older brother."*** The residents of the palace spoke these words about Sridama Vipra. 14 Here someone may object: Why is lusty Kubja praised? This objection is answered in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.18.11 (quoted in text 11). There it is said, "One who chooses the benediction of mundane sense-gratification is certainly of poor intelligence." The meaning here is that a girl who desires the Supreme Personality of Godhead is supremely intelligent. Her desire to enjoy with the Supreme Lord removes hatred and a host of sin. 15 This is so because the pastimes of the Lord are by nature all-perfect. This is confirmed by the following words of Sri Vedanta-sutra (2.1.33); "The pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are transcendental, although they seem to be like those of an ordinary human being in the material world." 16 As He enjoys amorous pastimes like these with the gopis and Kubja, so the Lord also enjoys with Sri, Bhu, Lila and other goddesses in Sri Vaikunthaloka and other places. The Lord is eternally perfect and independent. He can enjoy any pastimes that He wishes to enjoy. Therefore these pastimes should be understood as existing because the Lord wishes to enjoy them. These pastimes are naturally very charming and sweet like nectar. It is not possible to fully understand the nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His amorous pastimes exist because He wishes to enjoy them. To that extent they may be understood. 17 The goddesses who are the Lord's beloveds are manifested from His internal potency. Therefore their forms are all pure and spiritual. These goddesses are very exalted and important. They are not ordinary or unimportant by any means. Their pastimes of drinking the nectar of the Lord's lips is not improper. This has already been explained. These pastimes exist because the Supreme Lord wishes to enjoy them. 18 One should not make the mistake of thinking these goddesses to be ordinary persons. They are the internal potencies of the Lord, and it is by the Lord's wish that they have attained His association. 19 The scriptures declare that amorous pastimes with the Supreme Personality of Godhead are not sins. Rather, hearing of these pastimes removes sin. Certainly there is no fault in amorous pastimes where the Supreme Lord assumes the role of the husband. On the contrary, such pastimes are glorified in the scriptures. In Srimad Bhagavatam (10.90.27) it is said: 20 "And how is it even possible to describe the great austerities that must have been performed by the women who were able to serve Him, the spiritual master of the universe, in pure, ecstatic love? Thinking Him to be their own husband, rendered such intimate services as massaging His feet."*** 21 Many exalted sages have become the Lord's beloveds and enjoyed these pastimes with Him. This is described in many places in the scriptures. For example, Sri Madhvacarya quotes the following words of the Kurma Purana: 22 "By performing great austerities, Agnideva's sons became women and attained Lord Vasudeva, the unborn and all-powerful creator of the universes, as their husband. 23 In the Narayana-vyuha-stava these exalted devotees are offered respects in these words: "I offer my respectful obeisances to they who always meditate on Lord Hari as their husband, son, friend, brother, father or mother." 24 To enjoy amorous pastimes with the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a paramour is also no sinful. In Srimad Bhagavatam (10.29.32) the gopis tell Lord Krsna: "Our dear Krsna, as an expert in religion You have advised us that the proper religious duty for women is to dutifully serve their husbands, children and other relatives. We agree that this principle is valid, but actually this service should be rendered to You. After all, O Lord, You are the dearmost friend of all embodied souls. You are their most intimate relative and indeed their very Self."*** 25 Srila Sukadeva Gosvami also explains (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.35): "He who lives as the overseeing witness within the gopis and their husbands, and indeed within all embodied living beings, assumes forms in this world to enjoy transcendental pastimes."*** 26 Lord Krsna Himself declares (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.32.22): "O gopis, I am not able to repay My debt for your spotless service, even within a lifetime of Brahma. Your connection with Me is beyond reproach. You have worshipped Me, cutting off all domestic ties, which are difficult to break. Therefore please let your own glorious deeds be your compensation."*** 27 This verse was spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Many other great devotees also attained this kind of relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Another example of this is given in these words of the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda: 28 "When they saw Lord Ramacandra, the handsome Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the great sages in the Dandaka forest desired to enjoy with Him. 29 "Becoming women, they took birth in Gokula and enjoyed amorous pastimes with Lord Krsna. Then they became liberated from the ocean of repeated birth and death." 30 Then men also may attain the forms of women and associate with the Lord in this way. The Lord appears before them not as the material god of love (Kamadeva), but as a spiritual god of love. This is explained in the following words of Srimad Bhagavatam (10.32.2): "Then Lord Krsna, a smile on His lotus face, appeared before the gopis. Wearing a garland and a yellow garment, He directly appeared as one who can bewilder the mind of Cupid, who himself bewilders the minds of ordinary people."*** Thus, because He is worshipped by the material god of love, Lord Krsna is the spiritual god of love (Kamadeva). 31 Sri Uddhava and many other great devotees have glorified the Lord's beloveds. Sri Uddhava declares (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.580): "Among all persons on earth, these cowherd women alone have actually perfected their embodied lives, for they have achieved the perfection of unalloyed love for lord Govinda. Their pure love is hankered after by those who fear material existence, by great sages, and by ourselves as well. For one who has tasted the narrations of the infinite Lord, what is the use of taking birth as a high class brahmana, or even as Lord Brahma himself?"*** 32 What more need be said? In the Vamana Purana it is said that even the Vedas Personified attained this nature. Desiring to become eternally perfect gopis, the Vedas personified took birth among the gopis. The glory of the gopis is described by the Vedas Personified in these words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.87.23): 33 "By practicing the mystic yoga system and controlling their breath, the great sages conquered the mind and senses. Thus engaging in mystic yoga, they saw the Supersoul within their hearts and ultimately entered into the impersonal Brahman. However, even the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead attain that position simply by thinking of the Supreme Lord. The damsels of Vraja, the gopis, simply wanted to embrace Krsna and hold His arms, which are like serpents. Being attracted by the beauty of Krsna, they ultimately acquired a taste for the nectar of the Lord's lotus feet. We can also taste the nectar of Krsna's lotus feet by following in the footsteps of the gopis."* 34 The meaning of this verse is very clear. This verse means, "Seeing with the eyes of scripture, with a great effort the sages worship the Absolute Truth, who is known as Brahman. However, without worshipping the Lord, only by thinking of Him, the enemies of the Lord also attain the Brahman. 35 "The beautiful-eyebrowed gopis, their hearts attached to the serpentlike arms of You, who are Nanda's son, attained the sweetness of love for the nectar of Your lotus feet. 36 "We Personified Vedas will become like these gopis and we will also attain the nectar of Your lotus feet." That is the meaning. The inflections of the words are altered to show this meaning. 37 Here the words "the nectar of Your lotus feet" are spoken with great respect. The words 'even the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead attain that position simply by thinking of the Supreme Lord" show that by following the path of thinking of the Lord one quickly attains the goal. The words "We can also taste the nectar of Krsna's lotus feet by following in the footsteps of the gopis" show the method practiced by a person following the path of raganuga bhakti. If this were not the best method to attain the best goal, then the Personified Vedas, who are fully aware of all methods and all goals, would not have adopted it. 38 In this verse two pairs of paths of remembering the Lord are described. In the first pair the path of the Personified Vedas is superior. In the second their path is inferior. The word "api" (also) applies to both these pairs of paths. Thus this word is not employed only once here. The word "striyah" here refers to the eternal gopis. In the Vamana Purana it is said that the Personified Vedas see the gopis in the eternal abode of Lord Krsna. Note: The two pairs of paths of remembering the Lord are: 1. the paths of Personified Vedas and the enemies of the Lord, and 2. the paths of Personified Vedas and the gopis. The Personified Vedas are superior to the enemies of the Lord but inferior to the gopis. 39 All of this is nicely explained in these words of Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.29): "Many, many persons have attained liberation simply by thinking of Krsna with great attention and giving up sinful activities. This great attention may be due to lusty desires, inimical feelings, fear, affection or devotional service. I shall now explain how one receives Krsna's mercy simply by concentrating one's mind upon Him."*** In this way one becomes free of the sins of fear and hatred.

Bhakti · Sanskrit §325 · English §321

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[३२५] तद् एवं रागानुगा साधिता । सा च श्री-कृष्ण एव मुख्या । गोप्यः कामात् [भ्प् ७.१.२९] इत्य् आदिना तस्मिन्न् एव दर्शितत्वात् । दैत्यानाम् अपि द्वेषेणापि तस्मिन्न् एवावेश-लाभ-दर्शनात् । सिद्धि-प्राप्तेश् च । नान्यत्र तु कुत्राप्य् अंशिन्य् अंशे वा । अतएवोक्तम् तस्मात् केनाप्य् उपायेन मनः कृष्णे निवेशयेत् इत्य् आदि । अतस् तादृश-झटित्य्-आवेश-हेतूपासना-लाभाद् एव स्वयम् एकादशे वैधोपासना स्वस्मिन् नोक्ता । किन्त्व् अन्यत्र चतुर्भुजाकार एव । तत्र च शुद्धस्य रागस्य श्री-गोकुल एव दर्शनात् तत्र तु रागानुगा मुख्यतमा यत्र खलु स्वयं भगवान् अपि तेषां पुत्रादि-भावेनैव विलसति । ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते [गीता ४.११] इत्य् आदेः । मल्लानाम् अशनिर् [भ्प् १०.४३.१४] इत्यादेः । स्वेच्छामयस्य [भ्प् १०.१४.२] इत्य् अस्माच् च । ततश् च भक्त-कर्तृक- भोजन-पान-स्नपन-बीजनादि-लक्षण-लालनेच्छापि तस्याकृत्रिमैव जायते । साधारण-भक्ति-सद्-भावेनैव हि - पत्रं पुष्पं फलंतोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति । तद् अहं भक्त्य्-उपहृतम् अश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८१.३] इत्य् उक्तम् । श्री-शुकदेवेन च तद् एतद् एवाकाङ्क्षया श्लाघितम् । पाद-संवाहनं चक्रुः केचित् तस्य महात्मनः । अपरे हत-पाप्मानो व्यजनैः समबीजयत् ॥ [भ्प् १०.१५.१५] इत्य् आदिना । नानेन चैश्वर्यस्य हानिः । तदानीम् अपि तस्यैश्वर्यस्यान्यत्र स्फुरद्- रूपत्वात् । भक्तेच्छामयत्वस्य चेशितरि प्रशंसनीय-स्वभावत्वाद् एव । यथा श्री-व्रजेश्वरी-बद्ध एव यमलार्जुन-मोक्षं कृतवान् तादृशैश्वर्येऽपि तस्मिन् श्री-व्रजेश्वरी-वश्यतैव श्री-शुकदेवेन वन्दिता एवं सन्दर्शिता ह्य् अङ्ग [भ्प् १०.९.१९] इत्य् आदिना । तस्माद् ये चाद्यापि तदीय- रागानुगा-परास् तेषाम् अपि श्री-व्रजेन्द्र-नन्दनत्वादि-मात्र-धर्मैर् उपासना युक्ता । यथा श्री-गोवर्धनोद्धरण-लब्ध-विस्मयान् श्री-गोपान् प्रत्युक्तं स्वयं भगवतैव विष्णु-पुराणे -- यदि वोऽस्ति मयि प्रीतिः श्लाघ्योऽहं भवतां यदि । तद्-आत्म-बन्धु-सदृशी बुद्धिर् वः क्रियतां मयि ॥ [विप् ५.१३.११] इति । (पगे १७३) तदार्चा बन्धु-सदृशीं बान्धवाः क्रियतां मयि इति वा पाठः । तथा - नाहं देवो न गन्धर्वो न यक्षो न च दानवः । अहं वो बान्धवो जातो नातश् चिन्त्यम् अतोऽन्यथा ॥ [विप् ५.१३.१२] इति । युवां मां पुत्र-भावेन वासकृत् [भ्प् १०.३.३६] इत्य् अत्र तु श्री- वसुदेवादीनाम् ऐश्वर्य-ज्ञान-प्रधानत्वाद् द्व्यत्मिकैव भगवद्- अनुमतिर् ज्ञेया । प्राग्-जन्मन्य् अपि तयोस् तप-आदि-प्रधानैव भक्तिर् उक्ता । अतः श्री-व्रजेश्वर्याः पुनस् तन्-मुख-दृष्ट-वैभवत्वम् अश्लाघित्वा पुत्र-स्नेह-मयीं मायाद्य्-एक-पर्यायां तत्-कृपाम् एव बहु-मन्यमानस् तादृश-भाग्यं च श्री-व्रजेश्वरस्य च भाग्यं तादृश-बाल्य- लीलोच्छल्यमान-पुत्र-भावेन राजमान-मति-श्लाघितवान् राजा नन्दः किम् अकरोद् ब्रह्मन् [भ्प् १०.८.३६] इत्य् आदि-द्वयेन । श्री-मुनिराजश् च तादृश-तत्- प्रेमैव श्लाघितवान् - एवं सन्दर्शिता ह्य् अङ्ग हरिणा [भ्प् १०.९.२९] इत्य् आदिना । तद् एवं श्री-वसुदेव-देवक्याव् उपलक्ष्य श्री-नारदो साधकान् प्रति दर्शनालिङ्गनालापैः [भ्प् ११.५.४३] इत्य् आदिना यद् उपदिष्टवान् । तत्र टीका च - यथा पुत्रोपलालनेनैव भागवत-धर्म-सर्वस्व-निष्पत्तेः इत्य् एषा । तथा मापत्य-बुद्धिम् अकृथाः कृष्णे सर्वेश्वरेश्वरे [भ्प् ११.५.४५] इति । एतद् अपि तद्-अविरोधेन टीकायाम् एवम् अवतारितम् । यथा ननु, पुत्र-स्नेहश् चेन् मोक्ष-हेतुस् तर्हि सर्वेऽपि मुच्येरन् तत्राह मापत्य-बुद्धिम् इति इत्य् एतत् । तस्मिन्न् अपत्यत्वं प्राप्तेऽपि तस्मिंस् तादृश-भावना-वशं गतेऽपि अस्ति स्वाभाविकं पारमैश्वर्यम् अधिकम् इति भावः । यद् वा पूर्ववन्न् आर्षोऽडागमः किन्त्व् अ-कारो निषेधे अभावे न ह्य् अनो न इत्य् शब्द-कोषात् । ततो निषेध-द्वयाद् अपत्य-बुद्धिम् एव कुरु इत्य् अर्थः । अतएव ज्ञानाज्ञानयोर् अनादरेण केवल-रागानुगाया एवानुष्ठितिः प्रशस्ता । ज्ञात्वाज्ञात्वाथ ये वै माम् [भ्प् ११.११.३३] इत्य् आदिना । तस्मात् श्री-गोकुल एव रागात्मिकायाः शुद्धत्वात् तद्-अनुगा भक्तिर् एव मुख्यतमा इति साद्व् एवोक्तम् । तद् एवम् अन्यत्रासम्भवतया रागानुगाम् आत्म-दृष्ट्या पूर्ण-भगवत्ता- दृष्ट्या च श्री-कृष्ण-भजनस्य माहात्म्यं महद् एव सिद्धम् । तत्रापि गोकुल-लीलात्मकस्य । अथ तद्-भजन-मात्रस्य माहात्म्यम् उपक्रमत एव यथा -- मुनयः साधु पृष्टोऽहं भवद्भिर् लोक-मङ्गल । यत् कृतः कृष्ण-सम्प्रश्नो येनात्मा सुप्रसीदति ॥ [भ्प् १.२.५] इति । तत्रैतद् वक्तव्यं पूर्वं मनसः प्रसाद-हेतुः पृष्टः । अनेन तु श्री- कृष्ण-प्रश्न-मात्रस्य तद्-धेतुनोक्ता । न तु स वै पुंसां परो धर्मः [भ्प् १.२.६] इत्य् आदिना तदीयानन्तर-प्रकरणे यथा महता प्रयत्नेन कर्मार्पणम् आरभ्य भक्ति-निष्ठा-पर्यन्त एव जाते प्रादुर्भावानन्तर- भजनस्य तद्-धेतुनोक्ता तथेति । अतएवावतारान्तर-कथाया अपि तद्- अभिनिवेश एव फलम् इत्य् आह -- हरेर् अद्भुत-वीर्यस्य कथा लोक-सुमङ्गलाः । कथयस्व महाभाग यथाहम् अखिलात्मनि ॥ कृष्णे निवेश्य निःसङ्गं मनस् त्यक्ष्ये कलेवरम् । [भ्प् २.८.३-४] इति । हरेस् तद्-अवतार-रूपस्य । अखिलात्मनि सर्वांशिनि कृष्णे श्रीमद्-अर्जुन- सखे ॥ ॥ २.८ ॥ राजा ॥ ३२५ ॥ (पगे १७४)

[325] tad evaṃ rāgānugā sādhitā | sā ca śrī-kṛṣṇa eva mukhyā | gopyaḥ kāmāt [BhP 7.1.29] ity ādinā tasminn eva darśitatvāt | daityānām api dveṣeṇāpi tasminn evāveśa-lābha-darśanāt | siddhi-prāpteś ca | nānyatra tu kutrāpy aṃśiny aṃśe vā | ataevoktam tasmāt kenāpy upāyena manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet ity ādi | atas tādṛśa-jhaṭity-āveśa-hetūpāsanā-lābhād eva svayam ekādaśe vaidhopāsanā svasmin noktā | kintv anyatra caturbhujākāra eva | tatra ca śuddhasya rāgasya śrī-gokula eva darśanāt tatra tu rāgānugā mukhyatamā yatra khalu svayaṃ bhagavān api teṣāṃ putrādi-bhāvenaiva vilasati | ye yathā māṃ prapadyante [Gītā 4.11] ity ādeḥ | mallānām aśanir [BhP 10.43.14] ityādeḥ | svecchāmayasya [BhP 10.14.2] ity asmāc ca | tataś ca bhakta-kartṛka- bhojana-pāna-snapana-bījanādi-lakṣaṇa-lālanecchāpi tasyākṛtrimaiva jāyate | sādhāraṇa-bhakti-sad-bhāvenaiva hi - patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃtoyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | tad ahaṃ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ || [BhP 10.81.3] ity uktam | śrī-śukadevena ca tad etad evākāṅkṣayā ślāghitam | pāda-saṃvāhanaṃ cakruḥ kecit tasya mahātmanaḥ | apare hata-pāpmāno vyajanaiḥ samabījayat || [BhP 10.15.15] ity ādinā | nānena caiśvaryasya hāniḥ | tadānīm api tasyaiśvaryasyānyatra sphurad- rūpatvāt | bhaktecchāmayatvasya ceśitari praśaṃsanīya-svabhāvatvād eva | yathā śrī-vrajeśvarī-baddha eva yamalārjuna-mokṣaṃ kṛtavān tādṛśaiśvarye'pi tasmin śrī-vrajeśvarī-vaśyataiva śrī-śukadevena vanditā evaṃ sandarśitā hy aṅga [BhP 10.9.19] ity ādinā | tasmād ye cādyāpi tadīya- rāgānugā-parās teṣām api śrī-vrajendra-nandanatvādi-mātra-dharmair upāsanā yuktā | yathā śrī-govardhanoddharaṇa-labdha-vismayān śrī-gopān pratyuktaṃ svayaṃ bhagavataiva viṣṇu-purāṇe -- yadi vo'sti mayi prītiḥ ślāghyo'haṃ bhavatāṃ yadi | tad-ātma-bandhu-sadṛśī buddhir vaḥ kriyatāṃ mayi || [ViP 5.13.11] iti | (page 173) tadārcā bandhu-sadṛśīṃ bāndhavāḥ kriyatāṃ mayi iti vā pāṭhaḥ | tathā - nāhaṃ devo na gandharvo na yakṣo na ca dānavaḥ | ahaṃ vo bāndhavo jāto nātaś cintyam ato'nyathā || [ViP 5.13.12] iti | yuvāṃ māṃ putra-bhāvena vāsakṛt [BhP 10.3.36] ity atra tu śrī- vasudevādīnām aiśvarya-jñāna-pradhānatvād dvyatmikaiva bhagavad- anumatir jñeyā | prāg-janmany api tayos tapa-ādi-pradhānaiva bhaktir uktā | ataḥ śrī-vrajeśvaryāḥ punas tan-mukha-dṛṣṭa-vaibhavatvam aślāghitvā putra-sneha-mayīṃ māyādy-eka-paryāyāṃ tat-kṛpām eva bahu-manyamānas tādṛśa-bhāgyaṃ ca śrī-vrajeśvarasya ca bhāgyaṃ tādṛśa-bālya- līlocchalyamāna-putra-bhāvena rājamāna-mati-ślāghitavān rājā nandaḥ kim akarod brahman [BhP 10.8.36] ity ādi-dvayena | śrī-munirājaś ca tādṛśa-tat- premaiva ślāghitavān - evaṃ sandarśitā hy aṅga hariṇā [BhP 10.9.29] ity ādinā | tad evaṃ śrī-vasudeva-devakyāv upalakṣya śrī-nārado sādhakān prati darśanāliṅganālāpaiḥ [BhP 11.5.43] ity ādinā yad upadiṣṭavān | tatra ṭīkā ca - yathā putropalālanenaiva bhāgavata-dharma-sarvasva-niṣpatteḥ ity eṣā | tathā māpatya-buddhim akṛthāḥ kṛṣṇe sarveśvareśvare [BhP 11.5.45] iti | etad api tad-avirodhena ṭīkāyām evam avatāritam | yathā nanu, putra-snehaś cen mokṣa-hetus tarhi sarve'pi mucyeran tatrāha māpatya-buddhim iti ity etat | tasminn apatyatvaṃ prāpte'pi tasmiṃs tādṛśa-bhāvanā-vaśaṃ gate'pi asti svābhāvikaṃ pāramaiśvaryam adhikam iti bhāvaḥ | yad vā pūrvavann ārṣo'ḍāgamaḥ kintv a-kāro niṣedhe abhāve na hy ano na ity śabda-koṣāt | tato niṣedha-dvayād apatya-buddhim eva kuru ity arthaḥ | ataeva jñānājñānayor anādareṇa kevala-rāgānugāyā evānuṣṭhitiḥ praśastā | jñātvājñātvātha ye vai mām [BhP 11.11.33] ity ādinā | tasmāt śrī-gokula eva rāgātmikāyāḥ śuddhatvāt tad-anugā bhaktir eva mukhyatamā iti sādv evoktam | tad evam anyatrāsambhavatayā rāgānugām ātma-dṛṣṭyā pūrṇa-bhagavattā- dṛṣṭyā ca śrī-kṛṣṇa-bhajanasya māhātmyaṃ mahad eva siddham | tatrāpi gokula-līlātmakasya | atha tad-bhajana-mātrasya māhātmyam upakramata eva yathā -- munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo'haṃ bhavadbhir loka-maṅgala | yat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśno yenātmā suprasīdati || [BhP 1.2.5] iti | tatraitad vaktavyaṃ pūrvaṃ manasaḥ prasāda-hetuḥ pṛṣṭaḥ | anena tu śrī- kṛṣṇa-praśna-mātrasya tad-dhetunoktā | na tu sa vai puṃsāṃ paro dharmaḥ [BhP 1.2.6] ity ādinā tadīyānantara-prakaraṇe yathā mahatā prayatnena karmārpaṇam ārabhya bhakti-niṣṭhā-paryanta eva jāte prādurbhāvānantara- bhajanasya tad-dhetunoktā tatheti | ataevāvatārāntara-kathāyā api tad- abhiniveśa eva phalam ity āha -- harer adbhuta-vīryasya kathā loka-sumaṅgalāḥ | kathayasva mahābhāga yathāham akhilātmani || kṛṣṇe niveśya niḥsaṅgaṃ manas tyakṣye kalevaram | [BhP 2.8.3-4] iti | hares tad-avatāra-rūpasya | akhilātmani sarvāṃśini kṛṣṇe śrīmad-arjuna- sakhe || || 2.8 || rājā || 325 || (page 174)

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1 Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.29 (which was quoted in anuccheda 320, text 2) is further explained by the following words (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.30), where some examples are given: 2 "The gopis by their lusty desires, Kamsa by his fear, Sisupala and other kings by envy, the Yadus by their familial relationship with Krsna, you Pandavas by your great affection for Krsna, and we, the general devotees, by our devotional service, have obtained the mercy of Krsna."* 3 Here references is made to the previous lives of the gopis and the other devotees. With the word "vayam" (we) Sri Narada refers to his previous birth. 4 Sri Narada explains (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.6.28): "Having been awarded a transcendental body befitting an associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I quit the body made of five material elements, and thus all acquired fruitive results of work (karma) stopped."* In this way in his previous birth he attained the perfect form of a personal associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this way the word "vayam" (we) is explained. 5 Thus vaidhi bhakti has been described. Raganuga bhakti is described in these words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.20.36); "Material piety and sin, which arise from the good and evil of this world, cannot exist within My unalloyed devotees, who, being free from material hankering, maintain steady spiritual consciousness in all circumstances. Indeed, such devotees have achieved Me, the Supreme Lord, who am beyond anything that can be conceived by material intelligence."*** 6 The Lord also explains (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.19.35): "To constantly see good and bad is itself a bad quality. The best quality is to transcend material good and evil."*** 7 In this way it is seen that ragatmika bhakti is not dependent on the rules and regulations of vaidhi bhakti. In Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.29 the past tense is used to describe the attainment of the result. However, in the following verse the gopis are described in the present tense. By hearing of the Supreme Lord's transcendental qualities, the gopis become rapt in meditation on Him. They are described in these words (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.90.26): 8 "Glorified variously by countless songs, He is the Lord who forcibly attracts the minds of any women who simply hear about Him. What to speak, then, of those women who see Him directly?"*** 9 Sisupala, who had been a liberated associate of the Lord in Vaikuntha, appeared to have been killed when he arrived as an unwelcome guest and tried to cause a calamity. Then his true position as a devotee of the Lord was revealed. In Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.31 (quoted in text 2) the words "sambandhad yo vrsnayo yuyam", mean "you Vrsnis have a relationship of affection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead". Therefore Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.26) affirms: "Therefore by enmity or by devotional service, by fear, by affection, or by lusty desire, by all of these or any one of them, if a conditioned soul somehow or other concentrates his mind upon the Lord, the result is the same, for the Lord because of His blissful position, is never affected by enmity or friendship."* 10 In Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.30) it is said: "Many, many persons have attained liberation simply by thinking of Krsna with great attention and giving up sinful activities. This great attention may be due to lusty desires, inimical feelings, fear, affection or devotional service. I shall now explain how one receives Krsna's mercy simply by concentrating one's mind upon Him."* These quotes both affirm the same conclusion. 11 This same conclusion is also confirmed in a verse that follows in the same passage. There it is said (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.32): "Somehow or other one must consider the form of Krsna, very seriously. Then, by one of the five different processes mentioned above, one can return home, back to Godhead. Atheists like King Vena, however, being unable to think of Krsna's form in any of these five ways, cannot attain salvation. Therefore, one must somehow think of Krsna, whether in a friendly way, or inimically."* 12 In Srimad Bhagavatam 7.1.31 (quoted in text 2) the words sambandha (relationship) and sneha (affection) are both related to raganuga bhakti. In their previous lives the Vrsnis and Pandavas, like the gopis, were aspiring devotees engaged in vaidhi bhakti. From sambandha (a relationship with the Lord) comes sneha (affection for the Lord), and from that comes ruci (attraction to the Lord). In this way it is shown that vaidhi bhakti eventually leads to raganuga bhakti.

Bhakti · Sanskrit §326 · English §322

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[३२६] तथा श्रीमद्-उद्धव-संवादान्ते च यथा । तत्र यद्यपि पूर्वाध्याय- समाप्तौ उक्ताया ज्ञान-योग-चर्याया भक्ति-सह-भावेनैव स्वफल- जनकत्वं श्री-भगवतोक्तं तथापि तां ज्ञान-योग-चर्याम् अंशतोऽप्य् अनङ्गीकुर्वता परमैकान्तिना श्रीमद्-उद्धवेन - सु-दुस्तराम् इमां मन्ये योग-चर्याम् अनात्मनः । यथाञ्जसा पुमान् सिध्येत् तन् मे ब्रूह्य् अञ्जसाच्युत ॥ प्रायशः पुण्डरीकाक्ष युञ्जन्तो योगिनो मनः । विषीदन्त्य् असमाधानान् मनो-निग्रह-कर्शिताः ॥ [भ्प् ११.२९.१-२] इति । अत्र स्व-वाक्ये तस्या दुष्करत्वेन प्रायः फल-पर्यवसायित्वाभावेन चोक्तत्वात् । शुश्रूष्यमाणाया भक्तेस् तु सुकरत्वेनावश्यक-फल- पर्यवसायित्वेन चाभिप्रेतत्वात् । तद्-भक्तिर् एव कर्तव्येति स्वाभिप्रायो दर्शितः । तद् एवं तां ज्ञान-योग-चर्याम् अनादृत्य भक्तिम् एवापि कुर्वाणास् तव श्री-कृष्ण-रूपस्यैव भक्तिं तादृशास् तु ज्ञान-योगादि-फलानादरेणैव कुर्वन्तीति पुनर् आह चतुर्भिः अथात आनन्द-दुघं पदाम्बुजं हंसाः श्रयेरन्न् अरविन्द-लोचन । सुखं नु विश्वेश्वर योग-कर्मभिस् त्वन्-माययामी विहता न मानिनः ॥ [भ्प् ११.२९.३] यस्माद् एवं केचन विषीदन्ति - अथान्त अत एव ये हंसा सारासार-विवेक- चतुराः ते तु समस्तानन्द-पूरकं पदाम्बुजम् एव तु निशिच्तं सुखं यथा स्यात् तथा श्रयेरन् सेवन्ते । पदाम्बुजस्य सम्बन्धि-पदानुरक्तिः साक्षाद् दृश्यमान-त्वदीय-पदाम्बुजाभिव्यञ्जनार्था । अमी च शुद्ध- भक्ता योग-कर्माभिस् त्वन्-मायया च विहता कृत-भक्तानुष्ठानान्तराया न भवन्ति । यतो न च मानिनस् ते मानिनोऽपि न भवन्ति । पुरुषार्थ- साधने भगवतो निरुपाधि-दीन-जन-कृपाया एव साधकतमत्वं मन्यन्ते न योगि-प्रभृतिवत् स्व-प्रयत्नस्येत्य् अर्थः ।

[326] tathā śrīmad-uddhava-saṃvādānte ca yathā | tatra yadyapi pūrvādhyāya- samāptau uktāyā jñāna-yoga-caryāyā bhakti-saha-bhāvenaiva svaphala- janakatvaṃ śrī-bhagavatoktaṃ tathāpi tāṃ jñāna-yoga-caryām aṃśato'py anaṅgīkurvatā paramaikāntinā śrīmad-uddhavena - su-dustarām imāṃ manye yoga-caryām anātmanaḥ | yathāñjasā pumān sidhyet tan me brūhy añjasācyuta || prāyaśaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa yuñjanto yogino manaḥ | viṣīdanty asamādhānān mano-nigraha-karśitāḥ || [BhP 11.29.1-2] iti | atra sva-vākye tasyā duṣkaratvena prāyaḥ phala-paryavasāyitvābhāvena coktatvāt | śuśrūṣyamāṇāyā bhaktes tu sukaratvenāvaśyaka-phala- paryavasāyitvena cābhipretatvāt | tad-bhaktir eva kartavyeti svābhiprāyo darśitaḥ | tad evaṃ tāṃ jñāna-yoga-caryām anādṛtya bhaktim evāpi kurvāṇās tava śrī-kṛṣṇa-rūpasyaiva bhaktiṃ tādṛśās tu jñāna-yogādi-phalānādareṇaiva kurvantīti punar āha caturbhiḥ athāta ānanda-dughaṃ padāmbujaṃ haṃsāḥ śrayerann aravinda-locana | sukhaṃ nu viśveśvara yoga-karmabhis tvan-māyayāmī vihatā na māninaḥ || [BhP 11.29.3] yasmād evaṃ kecana viṣīdanti - athānta ata eva ye haṃsā sārāsāra-viveka- caturāḥ te tu samastānanda-pūrakaṃ padāmbujam eva tu niśictaṃ sukhaṃ yathā syāt tathā śrayeran sevante | padāmbujasya sambandhi-padānuraktiḥ sākṣād dṛśyamāna-tvadīya-padāmbujābhivyañjanārthā | amī ca śuddha- bhaktā yoga-karmābhis tvan-māyayā ca vihatā kṛta-bhaktānuṣṭhānāntarāyā na bhavanti | yato na ca māninas te mānino'pi na bhavanti | puruṣārtha- sādhane bhagavato nirupādhi-dīna-jana-kṛpāyā eva sādhakatamatvaṃ manyante na yogi-prabhṛtivat sva-prayatnasyety arthaḥ |

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English witness · section(s) 322

Anuccheda 322

1 Here someone may object: If simply by hating the Supreme Lord one attains perfection, then why did King Vena fall into hell? Fearing that someone would raise this objection, Srimad Bhagavatam (7.1.32) explains: "Somehow or other one must consider the form of Krsna very seriously. Then, by one of the five different processes mentioned above, one can return home, back to Godhead. Atheists like King Vena, however, being unable to think of Krsna's form in any of these five ways, cannot attain salvation."* 2 The words, "katamo 'pi na vena syat pancanam purusam prati" mean "Vena did not have one of the five relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, relationships that begin with enmity." This means that Vena did not have a relationship of blaspheming and hating the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 3 Vena's sins bore fruit because he did not engage in intense meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even though he was a demon, he did not hatefully and violently attack the Supreme Personality of Godhead, an attack that would have brought him liberation. That is the meaning. 4 In Srimad Bhagavatam (11.2.34) it is said: "Even ignorant living entities can very easily come to know the Supreme Lord if they adopt those means prescribed by the Supreme Lord Himself. The process recommended by the Lord is to be known as bhagavata-dharma, or devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead."*** In this way even very great sins perish. This is so even if one is ignorant.