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Sections 49–61

Unit 81 of 110Prīti · Sanskrit §49 · English §42Prīti · Sanskrit §59–61 · English §5110 source entries

Prīti · Sanskrit §49 · English §42

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[४९] एवं सद्यो जहुर् भगवत्-पार्श्व-कामा इत्य् अत्र तत्-सामीप्य-कामनापि व्याख्येया । तत्-प्रीति-विशेषातिशयवतां हि तेषां तत्-कृतार्ति-भरेणैव तत्- स्फूर्ताव् अप्य् अतृप्तौ सत्यां तत्-सामीप्य-प्राप्तेश् च तत्-प्राप्ति-विघात-कंस- सार-बन्धन-त्रोटनस्य च प्रार्थनं दृश्यते । पितृ-मातृ-प्रीत्य्-एक- सुखिनां विदूर-बद्धानां बालकानाम् इव । यथाह - त्रस्तो ऽस्म्य् अहं कृपण-वत्सल दुःसहोग्र- संसार-चक्र-कदनाद् ग्रसतां प्रणीतः । बद्धः स्व-कर्मभिर् उशत्तम ते ऽङ्घ्रि-मूलं प्रीतो ऽपवर्ग-शरणं ह्वयसे कदा नु ॥ [भ्प् ७.९.१६] त्वद्-बहिर्मुख-व्यापारमयत्वाद् दुःख-सहम् अनुशीलयितुम् अशक्यम् । त्वद्-भक्ति-विरोधि-व्यापारमयत्वात् तूग्रं भयानकं यत् संसार-चक्रं तस्माद् यत् कदनं लोकानां मनोदौस्थं तस्माद् अहं त्रस्तोऽस्मि त्वद्- अभिमुखीभवितुं न पारय इत्य् अर्थः । एवम् एव वक्ष्यते श्री-नारद उवाच भक्ति-योगस्य तत् सर्वम् अन्तरायतयार्भकः । मन्यमानो हृषीकेशं स्मयमान उवाच ह ॥ श्री-प्रह्राद उवाच (पगे ३०) मा मां प्रलोभयोत्पत्त्या सक्तंकामेषु तैर् वरैः । तत्-सङ्ग-भीतो निर्विण्णो मुमुक्षुस् त्वाम् उपाश्रितः ॥ [भ्प् ७.१०.१-२] इत्य् अनेन । यद्यप्य् एवं त्रस्तोऽस्मि तथाप्य् अहो ग्रसतां भगवद्-विरोधित्वेन मादृश- सर्वङ्गिलानाम् एषाम् असुराणां मध्ये स्व-कर्मभिर् बद्धः सन् प्रणीतो निक्षिप्तोऽस्मि । ततस् तव विरह-दूनतया इदं याचे । कदा नु प्रीतः सन् अपवर्ग-भूतम् अरणं शरणं तवाङ्घ्रि-मूलं त्व-समीपं प्रति माम् आह्वास्यसीति ॥ ॥ ७.९ ॥ प्रह्लादः श्री-नृसिंहम् ॥ ४९ ॥

[49] evaṃ sadyo jahur bhagavat-pārśva-kāmā ity atra tat-sāmīpya-kāmanāpi vyākhyeyā | tat-prīti-viśeṣātiśayavatāṃ hi teṣāṃ tat-kṛtārti-bhareṇaiva tat- sphūrtāv apy atṛptau satyāṃ tat-sāmīpya-prāpteś ca tat-prāpti-vighāta-kaṃsa- sāra-bandhana-troṭanasya ca prārthanaṃ dṛśyate | pitṛ-mātṛ-prīty-eka- sukhināṃ vidūra-baddhānāṃ bālakānām iva | yathāha - trasto 'smy ahaṃ kṛpaṇa-vatsala duḥsahogra- saṃsāra-cakra-kadanād grasatāṃ praṇītaḥ | baddhaḥ sva-karmabhir uśattama te 'ṅghri-mūlaṃ prīto 'pavarga-śaraṇaṃ hvayase kadā nu || [BhP 7.9.16] tvad-bahirmukha-vyāpāramayatvād duḥkha-saham anuśīlayitum aśakyam | tvad-bhakti-virodhi-vyāpāramayatvāt tūgraṃ bhayānakaṃ yat saṃsāra-cakraṃ tasmād yat kadanaṃ lokānāṃ manodausthaṃ tasmād ahaṃ trasto'smi tvad- abhimukhībhavituṃ na pāraya ity arthaḥ | evam eva vakṣyate śrī-nārada uvāca bhakti-yogasya tat sarvam antarāyatayārbhakaḥ | manyamāno hṛṣīkeśaṃ smayamāna uvāca ha || śrī-prahrāda uvāca (page 30) mā māṃ pralobhayotpattyā saktaṃkāmeṣu tair varaiḥ | tat-saṅga-bhīto nirviṇṇo mumukṣus tvām upāśritaḥ || [BhP 7.10.1-2] ity anena | yadyapy evaṃ trasto'smi tathāpy aho grasatāṃ bhagavad-virodhitvena mādṛśa- sarvaṅgilānām eṣām asurāṇāṃ madhye sva-karmabhir baddhaḥ san praṇīto nikṣipto'smi | tatas tava viraha-dūnatayā idaṃ yāce | kadā nu prītaḥ san apavarga-bhūtam araṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ tavāṅghri-mūlaṃ tva-samīpaṃ prati mām āhvāsyasīti || || 7.9 || prahlādaḥ śrī-nṛsiṃham || 49 ||

English translation

English witness · section(s) 42

Anuccheda 42

Devotional service and liberation are described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (4.20.29):

bhajanty atha tvam ata eva sadhavo vyudasta-maya-guna-vibhramodayam bhavat-padanusmaranad rte satam nimittam anyad bhagavan na vidmahe

"Great saintly persons who are always liberated take to Your devotional service because only by devotional service can one be relieved from the illusions of material existence. O my Lord, there is no reason for the liberated souls to take shelter at Your lotus feet except that such souls are constantly thinking of Your feet."

srila sridhara Svami comments:

"This verse says: `O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because You are kind and affectionate to the poor and fallen, the devotees (sadhavah), who have no material desires, worship (bhajanti) You (tvam), who are attained by those who have (atha turned away from impersonal speculations.' What is the Supreme Personality of Godhead like? He is free of all bewildered material activities inspired by the mode of material nature. Why do the devotees worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead? This verse explains: `O Lord, the devotees do not know anything but Your feet' (bhavat-padanusmaranad anyan na vidmahe)."

This verse was spoken by King Prthu to Lord Visnu.

Prīti · Sanskrit §50 · English §43

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[५०] अतएव विष्णु-पुराणे तस्य श्रीमत्-प्रह्लादस्य केवल-प्रीति-वरयां चापि नानेन विरुद्धा, यथा - नाथ योनि-सहस्रेषु येषु येषु व्रजाम्य् अहम् । तेषु तेष्व् अच्युता भक्तिर् अच्युतेऽस्तु सदा त्वयि ॥ या प्रीतिर् अविवेकानां विषयेष्व् अनपायिनी । त्वाम् अनुस्मरतः सा मे हृदयान् नापसर्पतु ॥ कृत-कृत्योऽस्मि भगवन् वरेणानेन यत् त्वयि । भवित्री त्वत्-प्रसादेन भक्तिर् अव्यभिचारिणी ॥ धर्मार्थ-कामैः किं तस्य मुक्तिस् तस्य करे स्थिता । समस्त-जगतां मूले यस्य भक्तिः स्थिरा त्वयि ॥ [विप् १.२०.१८-१९, २६-२७] तत्र श्रीमत्-परमेश्वर-वाक्यम् अपि तथैव - यथा ते निश्चलं चेतो मयि भक्ति-समन्वितम् । तथा त्वं मत्-प्रसादेन निर्वाणं परम् आप्स्यति ॥ [विप् १.२०.२८] यथा येन प्रकारेण, तथा तेन प्रकारेणैव परं मदीय-चरण- सेवोचितत्वेन महद् इत्य् अर्थः । सेवानुरक्त-मनसाम् अभवोऽपि फल्गुर् [भ्प् ५.१४.४४] इत्य् उक्तत्वात् । तथा वक्ष्यमाणाभिप्रायेणैवेतद् आह -- अहं किल पुरानन्तं प्रजार्थो भुवि मुक्ति-दम् । अपूजयं न मोक्षाय मोहितो देव-मायया ॥ [भ्प् ११.२.२८] सुतपो-नाम्ना निजांशेनाहम् अनन्तम् अन्यत्र मुक्तिदम् अपि तल्-लक्षण- प्रजा-प्रयोजनक एवापूजयम् । न तु मोक्षायापूजयम् । यतो देवे तस्मिन् तद्-दर्शनोत्थिता या माया कृपा पुत्र-भावस् तेन मोहितः । माया दम्भे कृपायां च इति विश्व-प्रकाशात् । किलेति सूती-गृहे श्री-कृष्ण-वाक्यम् अपि प्रमाणीकृतम् । अथ यथा विचित्र-व्यसनाद् [भ्प् ११.२.९] इत्य् आदि-तद्- वाक्यान्तरेषु च । व्यसनं श्री-कृष्ण-विच्छेद-हेतुः । भयं भावि-तद्- विच्छेद-शङ्केति व्याख्येयम् । तत्र मन्येऽकुतश्चिद् [भ्प् ११.२.३३] इत्य् आदि श्री- नारदोदाहृत-वाक्यम् उत्तरं गम्यम् । अत्र हि विश्व-शब्दाद् उक्त-भय- निवर्तनम् अपि प्रतिपद्यामहे । संवादान्ते त्वम् अप्य् एतान् [भ्प् ११.५.४५] इत्य्- आदि-द्वयं चाति-देशेन साक्षात् श्री-कृष्ण-प्राप्ति-गमकम् एव तयोर् इति । ॥ ११.२ ॥ श्रीमद्-आनकदुन्दुभिः श्री-नारदम् ॥ ५० ॥

[50] ataeva viṣṇu-purāṇe tasya śrīmat-prahlādasya kevala-prīti-varayāṃ cāpi nānena viruddhā, yathā - nātha yoni-sahasreṣu yeṣu yeṣu vrajāmy aham | teṣu teṣv acyutā bhaktir acyute'stu sadā tvayi || yā prītir avivekānāṃ viṣayeṣv anapāyinī | tvām anusmarataḥ sā me hṛdayān nāpasarpatu || kṛta-kṛtyo'smi bhagavan vareṇānena yat tvayi | bhavitrī tvat-prasādena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī || dharmārtha-kāmaiḥ kiṃ tasya muktis tasya kare sthitā | samasta-jagatāṃ mūle yasya bhaktiḥ sthirā tvayi || [ViP 1.20.18-19, 26-27] tatra śrīmat-parameśvara-vākyam api tathaiva - yathā te niścalaṃ ceto mayi bhakti-samanvitam | tathā tvaṃ mat-prasādena nirvāṇaṃ param āpsyati || [ViP 1.20.28] yathā yena prakāreṇa, tathā tena prakāreṇaiva paraṃ madīya-caraṇa- sevocitatvena mahad ity arthaḥ | sevānurakta-manasām abhavo'pi phalgur [BhP 5.14.44] ity uktatvāt | tathā vakṣyamāṇābhiprāyeṇaivetad āha -- ahaṃ kila purānantaṃ prajārtho bhuvi mukti-dam | apūjayaṃ na mokṣāya mohito deva-māyayā || [BhP 11.2.28] sutapo-nāmnā nijāṃśenāham anantam anyatra muktidam api tal-lakṣaṇa- prajā-prayojanaka evāpūjayam | na tu mokṣāyāpūjayam | yato deve tasmin tad-darśanotthitā yā māyā kṛpā putra-bhāvas tena mohitaḥ | māyā dambhe kṛpāyāṃ ca iti viśva-prakāśāt | kileti sūtī-gṛhe śrī-kṛṣṇa-vākyam api pramāṇīkṛtam | atha yathā vicitra-vyasanād [BhP 11.2.9] ity ādi-tad- vākyāntareṣu ca | vyasanaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-viccheda-hetuḥ | bhayaṃ bhāvi-tad- viccheda-śaṅketi vyākhyeyam | tatra manye'kutaścid [BhP 11.2.33] ity ādi śrī- nāradodāhṛta-vākyam uttaraṃ gamyam | atra hi viśva-śabdād ukta-bhaya- nivartanam api pratipadyāmahe | saṃvādānte tvam apy etān [BhP 11.5.45] ity- ādi-dvayaṃ cāti-deśena sākṣāt śrī-kṛṣṇa-prāpti-gamakam eva tayor iti | || 11.2 || śrīmad-ānakadundubhiḥ śrī-nāradam || 50 ||

English translation

English witness · section(s) 43

Anuccheda 43

In this weay it is seen that the devotees desire only love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They reject everything else. This is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (10.39.1-2):

sukhopavistah paryanke rama-krsnoru-manitah lebhe manorathan sarvan pathi yan sa cakara ha

kim alabhyam bhagavati prasanne sri-niketane tathapi tat-para rajan na hi vanchanti kincana

"Akrura was warmly received by Lord Krsna and Nanda Maharaja and offered a resting place for the night. In the meantime the two brothers Balaraama and Krsna went to take Their supper. Akrura sat on his bed and began to reflect that all the desires which he had anticipated while coming from Mathura to Vrndavana had been fulfilled. Lord Krsna is the husband of the goddess of fortune. Being pleased with His pure devotee, He can offer whatever the devotee desires. But the pure devotee does not ask anything from the Lord for his personal benefit."

The word "sah" (he) in this verse refers to Akrura. The word "yan" (them) in this verse is explained in these words spoken by Akrura srimad-Bhagavatam (10.38.3):

kim mayacaritam bhadram kim taptam paramam tapah kim vathapy arhate dattam yad draksyamy adya kesavam

"What pious deeds did I do? What gerat austerities did I perform? What charity did I give, that today I will see Lord Krsna?"

In these words it is seen that the devotees desire only devotional service. Here someone may object: "Why do the devotees not pray for liberation and other desirable things?" This protest is answered in this verse by the words "kim alabhyam" (What cannot be attained when when has satisfied Lord Krsna?). These verses were spoken by srila sukadeva Gosvami.

Prīti · Sanskrit §51 · English §44

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[५१] तद् एवं तेषां तत्-तत्-प्रार्थनम् अपि तत्-प्रीति-विलास एव । अत्रेदं तत्त्वम्- एकान्तिनस् तावद् द्विविधाः अजात-जात-प्रीतित्व-भेदेन । जात-प्रीतयश् च त्रिविधाः । एके तदीयानुभव-मात्र-निष्ठाः शान्त-भक्तादयः । अन्ये तदीय-दर्शन-सेवनादि-रस-मयाः परिकर-विशेषाभिमानिनः । स्वयं परिकर-विशेषाश् च । तत्र तेषु अजात-प्रतीतिभिः सर्व-पुरुषार्थत्वेन तत्- प्रीतिर् एव प्रार्थनीया । अथ जात-प्रीतिषु शान्त-भक्तादयस् तु कदाचिद् दर्शनादिकं वा प्रार्थयन्ते सेवादिकं विनैव । तद्-वासनाया अभावात् । सकृद् अपि कृपा- दृष्ट्य्-आदि-लाभेन तृप्ताश् च भवन्ति । नातिक्षामं भगवतः स्निग्धापाङ्ग-विलोकनाद् [भ्प् ७.१२.४६] इति श्री-कर्दम-वर्णनात् । अतएव तत्- सामीप्यादिकेऽपि तेषाम् अनाग्रहः । ये तु तत्-परिकर- (पगे ३१) विशेषाभिमानिनस् ते खलु तत्-तत्-प्रीति-विशेषोत्कण्ठिनो यदा भवन्ति तदा तत्-तत्-सेवा-विशेषेच्छया प्रार्थयन्त एव तत्-सामीप्यादिकम् । तत्-प्रार्थना च प्रीति-विलास-रूपैव । पुष्णाति च ताम् इति गुण एव । यदा च तेषां दैन्येन तत्-प्राप्त्य्-असम्भावना जायते तदापि च तत्-प्रीत्य्-अविच्छेद-मात्रं प्रार्थयन्ते । सोऽपि च गुण एव । यत् तु केवल-संसार-मोक्ष-तत्- सामीप्यानन्द-विशेष-प्रार्थनं प्रीति-विकारता-शून्यं तत् पुनः सर्वथा केषांचिद् अप्य् एकान्तिनां नाभिरुचितम् । अतएव सर्वं मद्-भक्ति-योगेन [भ्प् ११.२०.३३] इत्य् आदौ कथञ्चिद् भक्त्य्-उपयोगित्वेनैवेति । एवं सालोक्य-सार्ष्टि [भ्प् ३.२९.१३] इत्य् आदौ । तेषां मध्ये सेवनं विना यत् तन् न गृह्णन्ति इति कथ्यते । तत्रैकत्व-लक्षणं सायुज्यं तु स्वरूपत एव तद्-विनाभूतम् । अन्यत् तु वासना-भेदेन । सारूप्यस्य तु सेवोपकारित्वं शोभा-विशेषेण । श्री- वैकुण्ठेऽपि तदीय-नित्य-सेवकानां तथैव तादृशत्वम् । लोकेऽपि किशोर- विदग्ध-क्षिति-पति-पुत्रैः समान-रूप-वयस्का सेवकाः सङ्गृहीता दृश्यन्ते श्लाघ्यन्ते च लोकैः । तस्माद् यथा तथा श्रीमत्-प्रीतेर् एव पुरुषार्थत्वम् इत्य् आयातम् । ते प्रीत्य्-एक-पुरुषार्थिनोऽपि भाव-विशेषेणान्यद् वाञ्छन्तु न वाञ्छन्तु वा स्व-स्व-भक्ति-जात्य्-अनुरूपा भक्ति-परिकराः पदार्थाः संसार-ध्वंस-पूर्वकम् उदयन्त एव । न ते कदाचिद् व्यभिरचन्ति च । तद् एतद् उक्तम् - अनिमित्ता भागवती भक्तिः सिद्धेर् गरीयसी । जरयत्य् आशु या कोशं निगीर्णम् अनलो यथा ॥ नैकात्मतां मे स्पृहयन्ति केचिन् मत्-पाद-सेवाभिरता मद्-ईहाः । ये ऽन्योन्यतो भागवताः प्रसज्य सभाजयन्ते मम पौरुषाणि ॥ पश्यन्ति ते मे रुचिराण्य् अम्ब सन्तः प्रसन्न-वक्त्रारुण-लोचनानि । रूपाणि दिव्यानि वर-प्रदानि साकं वाचं स्पृहणीयां वदन्ति ॥ तैर् दर्शनीयावयवैर् उदार- विलास-हासेक्षित-वाम-सूक्तैः । हृतात्मनो हृत-प्राणांश् च भक्तिर् अनिच्छतो मे गतिम् अण्वीं प्रयुङ्क्ते ॥ अथो विभूतिं मम मायाविनस् ताम् ऐश्वर्यम् अष्टाङ्गम् अनुप्रवृत्तम् । श्रियं भागवतीं वास्पृहयन्ति भद्रां परस्य मे ते ऽश्नुवते तु लोके ॥ न कर्हिचिन् मत्-पराः शान्त-रूपे नङ्क्ष्यन्ति नो मे ऽनिमिषो लेढि हेतिः । येषाम् अहं प्रिय आत्मा सुतश् च सखा गुरुः सुहृदो दैवम् इष्टम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.२५.३३-३९] इति । अण्वीं दुर्ज्ञेयां पार्षद-लक्षणाम् इत्य् अर्थः । तद् एवं तत्-क्रतु-न्यायेन च शुद्ध-भक्तानाम् अन्या गतिर् नास्त्य् एव । श्रुतिश् च - यथा क्रतुर् अस्मिन् लोके पुरुषो भवति तथेतः प्रेत्य भवति [बौ ३.१४.१] इति, क्रतुर् अत्र सङ्कल्प इति भाष्य-काराः । श्रुत्य्-अन्तरं च - स यथाकामो भवति तत् क्रतुर् भवति यत् क्रतुर् भवति तत् कर्म कुरुते यत् कर्म कुरुते तद् अभिसम्पद्यते [बौ ४.४.६] इति । अन्यच् च यद् यथा यथोपासते तद् एव भवन्ति इति । श्री-भगवत्-प्रतिज्ञा च - ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस् तथैव भजाम्य् अहम् [गीता ४.११] इति । तथैव ब्रह्म-वैवर्ते - यदि मां प्राप्तुम् इच्छन्ति प्राप्नुवन्त्य् एव नान्यथा इति । तत्र श्री-व्रज-देवीनां सा गतिः श्री-कृष्ण-सन्दर्भे सङ्गमितैवास्ति । मयि भक्तिर् हि भूतानाम् अमृतत्वाय कल्पते दिष्ट्या यद् आसीन् मत्-स्नेहो भवतीनां मद्-आपनः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८२.४४] इत्य्-आदि-बलेन वचनान्तराणाम् अर्थान्तर-स्थापनेन च । तथैव ताः प्रति स्वयम् अभुपगच्छति --- सङ्कल्पो विदितः साध्व्यो भवतिनां मदर्चनम् । मयानु-मोदितः सोऽसौ सत्यो भवितुम् अर्हति ॥ न मय्य् आवेशितधियां कामः कामाय कल्पते । (पगे ३२) भर्जिताः क्वथिता धाना प्रायो बीजाय नेष्यते ॥ [भ्प् १०.२२.२५-२६] मद्-अर्चनं पति-भाव-मय-मद्-आराधनात्मको भवतीनां सङ्कल्पो विदितोऽनुमोदितश् च सन् सत्यः सर्वदा तादृश-मद्-अर्चनाव्यभिचारी भवितुम् अर्हति युज्यते एव । स च परम-प्रेमवतीनां नान्यवत् फलान्तरापेक्षः किन्तु स्वयम् एवास्वाद्यः । यतः न मय्य् आवेशित-धियाम् इति । मय्य् आवेशित-धियाम् एकान्त-भक्त-मात्राणां कामो मद्-अर्चनात्मकः सङ्कल्पः कामाय फलान्तराभिलाषाय न कल्पते, किन्तु स्वयम् एवास्वाद्यो भवतीत्य् अर्थः । तत्रार्थान्तर-न्यासः भर्जिता इति । प्राय इति वितर्के । धाना भृष्ट-यवाः ताः स्वरूपत एव भर्जिताः पुनः स्वाद-विशेषार्थं धृतेन वा भर्जिता गुडादिभिः क्वथिताश् च सत्यो बीजाय बीजत्वाय नेशते न कल्पन्ते । यववत् ताभिर् अन्य-यव-फलनं नेष्यते किन्तु ता एवास्वाद्यन्त इत्य् अर्थः । तस्मात् तादृश-मद्-अर्चनम् एव भवतीनां परम-फलम् इति भावः । यच् च विषय-महिम्ना शान्तिर् एवासां भविष्यतीति शान्तानाम् उत्प्रेक्षितम् । तच् च ताभिः स्वयम् एवानुभूयान्य-विषयत्वेनैव इतर-राग-विस्मारणम् इत्य् अनेन । श्री-कृष्ण-विषयत्वे तु तद्-अशान्तिर् एव दर्शिता सुरत-वर्धनम् इत्य् अनेन । ॥ १०.२२ ॥ श्री-भगवान् व्रज-कुमारीः ॥ ५१ ॥

[51] tad evaṃ teṣāṃ tat-tat-prārthanam api tat-prīti-vilāsa eva | atredaṃ tattvam- ekāntinas tāvad dvividhāḥ ajāta-jāta-prītitva-bhedena | jāta-prītayaś ca trividhāḥ | eke tadīyānubhava-mātra-niṣṭhāḥ śānta-bhaktādayaḥ | anye tadīya-darśana-sevanādi-rasa-mayāḥ parikara-viśeṣābhimāninaḥ | svayaṃ parikara-viśeṣāś ca | tatra teṣu ajāta-pratītibhiḥ sarva-puruṣārthatvena tat- prītir eva prārthanīyā | atha jāta-prītiṣu śānta-bhaktādayas tu kadācid darśanādikaṃ vā prārthayante sevādikaṃ vinaiva | tad-vāsanāyā abhāvāt | sakṛd api kṛpā- dṛṣṭy-ādi-lābhena tṛptāś ca bhavanti | nātikṣāmaṃ bhagavataḥ snigdhāpāṅga-vilokanād [BhP 7.12.46] iti śrī-kardama-varṇanāt | ataeva tat- sāmīpyādike'pi teṣām anāgrahaḥ | ye tu tat-parikara- (page 31) viśeṣābhimāninas te khalu tat-tat-prīti-viśeṣotkaṇṭhino yadā bhavanti tadā tat-tat-sevā-viśeṣecchayā prārthayanta eva tat-sāmīpyādikam | tat-prārthanā ca prīti-vilāsa-rūpaiva | puṣṇāti ca tām iti guṇa eva | yadā ca teṣāṃ dainyena tat-prāpty-asambhāvanā jāyate tadāpi ca tat-prīty-aviccheda-mātraṃ prārthayante | so'pi ca guṇa eva | yat tu kevala-saṃsāra-mokṣa-tat- sāmīpyānanda-viśeṣa-prārthanaṃ prīti-vikāratā-śūnyaṃ tat punaḥ sarvathā keṣāṃcid apy ekāntināṃ nābhirucitam | ataeva sarvaṃ mad-bhakti-yogena [BhP 11.20.33] ity ādau kathañcid bhakty-upayogitvenaiveti | evaṃ sālokya-sārṣṭi [BhP 3.29.13] ity ādau | teṣāṃ madhye sevanaṃ vinā yat tan na gṛhṇanti iti kathyate | tatraikatva-lakṣaṇaṃ sāyujyaṃ tu svarūpata eva tad-vinābhūtam | anyat tu vāsanā-bhedena | sārūpyasya tu sevopakāritvaṃ śobhā-viśeṣeṇa | śrī- vaikuṇṭhe'pi tadīya-nitya-sevakānāṃ tathaiva tādṛśatvam | loke'pi kiśora- vidagdha-kṣiti-pati-putraiḥ samāna-rūpa-vayaskā sevakāḥ saṅgṛhītā dṛśyante ślāghyante ca lokaiḥ | tasmād yathā tathā śrīmat-prīter eva puruṣārthatvam ity āyātam | te prīty-eka-puruṣārthino'pi bhāva-viśeṣeṇānyad vāñchantu na vāñchantu vā sva-sva-bhakti-jāty-anurūpā bhakti-parikarāḥ padārthāḥ saṃsāra-dhvaṃsa-pūrvakam udayanta eva | na te kadācid vyabhiracanti ca | tad etad uktam - animittā bhāgavatī bhaktiḥ siddher garīyasī | jarayaty āśu yā kośaṃ nigīrṇam analo yathā || naikātmatāṃ me spṛhayanti kecin mat-pāda-sevābhiratā mad-īhāḥ | ye 'nyonyato bhāgavatāḥ prasajya sabhājayante mama pauruṣāṇi || paśyanti te me rucirāṇy amba santaḥ prasanna-vaktrāruṇa-locanāni | rūpāṇi divyāni vara-pradāni sākaṃ vācaṃ spṛhaṇīyāṃ vadanti || tair darśanīyāvayavair udāra- vilāsa-hāsekṣita-vāma-sūktaiḥ | hṛtātmano hṛta-prāṇāṃś ca bhaktir anicchato me gatim aṇvīṃ prayuṅkte || atho vibhūtiṃ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam | śriyaṃ bhāgavatīṃ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṃ parasya me te 'śnuvate tu loke || na karhicin mat-parāḥ śānta-rūpe naṅkṣyanti no me 'nimiṣo leḍhi hetiḥ | yeṣām ahaṃ priya ātmā sutaś ca sakhā guruḥ suhṛdo daivam iṣṭam || [BhP 3.25.33-39] iti | aṇvīṃ durjñeyāṃ pārṣada-lakṣaṇām ity arthaḥ | tad evaṃ tat-kratu-nyāyena ca śuddha-bhaktānām anyā gatir nāsty eva | śrutiś ca - yathā kratur asmin loke puruṣo bhavati tathetaḥ pretya bhavati [BAU 3.14.1] iti, kratur atra saṅkalpa iti bhāṣya-kārāḥ | śruty-antaraṃ ca - sa yathākāmo bhavati tat kratur bhavati yat kratur bhavati tat karma kurute yat karma kurute tad abhisampadyate [BAU 4.4.6] iti | anyac ca yad yathā yathopāsate tad eva bhavanti iti | śrī-bhagavat-pratijñā ca - ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃs tathaiva bhajāmy aham [Gītā 4.11] iti | tathaiva brahma-vaivarte - yadi māṃ prāptum icchanti prāpnuvanty eva nānyathā iti | tatra śrī-vraja-devīnāṃ sā gatiḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-sandarbhe saṅgamitaivāsti | mayi bhaktir hi bhūtānām amṛtatvāya kalpate diṣṭyā yad āsīn mat-sneho bhavatīnāṃ mad-āpanaḥ || [BhP 10.82.44] ity-ādi-balena vacanāntarāṇām arthāntara-sthāpanena ca | tathaiva tāḥ prati svayam abhupagacchati --- saṅkalpo viditaḥ sādhvyo bhavatināṃ madarcanam | mayānu-moditaḥ so'sau satyo bhavitum arhati || na mayy āveśitadhiyāṃ kāmaḥ kāmāya kalpate | (page 32) bharjitāḥ kvathitā dhānā prāyo bījāya neṣyate || [BhP 10.22.25-26] mad-arcanaṃ pati-bhāva-maya-mad-ārādhanātmako bhavatīnāṃ saṅkalpo vidito'numoditaś ca san satyaḥ sarvadā tādṛśa-mad-arcanāvyabhicārī bhavitum arhati yujyate eva | sa ca parama-premavatīnāṃ nānyavat phalāntarāpekṣaḥ kintu svayam evāsvādyaḥ | yataḥ na mayy āveśita-dhiyām iti | mayy āveśita-dhiyām ekānta-bhakta-mātrāṇāṃ kāmo mad-arcanātmakaḥ saṅkalpaḥ kāmāya phalāntarābhilāṣāya na kalpate, kintu svayam evāsvādyo bhavatīty arthaḥ | tatrārthāntara-nyāsaḥ bharjitā iti | prāya iti vitarke | dhānā bhṛṣṭa-yavāḥ tāḥ svarūpata eva bharjitāḥ punaḥ svāda-viśeṣārthaṃ dhṛtena vā bharjitā guḍādibhiḥ kvathitāś ca satyo bījāya bījatvāya neśate na kalpante | yavavat tābhir anya-yava-phalanaṃ neṣyate kintu tā evāsvādyanta ity arthaḥ | tasmāt tādṛśa-mad-arcanam eva bhavatīnāṃ parama-phalam iti bhāvaḥ | yac ca viṣaya-mahimnā śāntir evāsāṃ bhaviṣyatīti śāntānām utprekṣitam | tac ca tābhiḥ svayam evānubhūyānya-viṣayatvenaiva itara-rāga-vismāraṇam ity anena | śrī-kṛṣṇa-viṣayatve tu tad-aśāntir eva darśitā surata-vardhanam ity anena | || 10.22 || śrī-bhagavān vraja-kumārīḥ || 51 ||

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Pure love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is again described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (1.19.16):

punas ca bhuyad bhagavaty anante ratih prasangas ca tad-asrayesu mahatsu yam yam upayami srstim maitry astu sarvatra namo dvijebhyah

"Again, offering obeisances unto all you brahmanas, I pray that if I should again take my birth in the material world I will have complete attachment to the unlimited Lord Krsna, association with His devotees, and friendly relations with all living beings."

In this verse the word "srstim" means birth, and "sarvatra maitrim" means "without casting a cruel glance on anyone". Being especially respectful to the brahmanas, he says here "namah" (I offer my respectful obeisances). This verse was spojen by King Pariksit.

Prīti · Sanskrit §52 · English §45

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[५२] तथा श्री-पट्ट-महिष्य्-आदीनां श्री-यादवादीनां च गतिस् तथैव सङ्गमितास्ति । एते हि यादवाः सर्वे मद्-गणा एव भामिनि इत्य् आदि, रेमे रमाभिर् निज-काम-सम्प्लुत [भ्प् १०.५९.४३] इत्य् आदि-वचन-बलेन । जयति जननिवासः [भ्प् १०.९०.४८] इत्य्-आदि-स्फुटार्थ-दर्शनेन लीलान्तरस्यैन्द्र- जालिकत्वात् । कूर्म-पुराण-गत-साक्षात्-सीता-हरण-प्रत्याख्यायि-मायिक- सीता-हरणाख्यान-तुल्यत्व-स्थापनाय च । तथैव तदीय-नित्य-गण- विशेषाणां श्रीमत्-पाण्डवानाम् अपि गतिर् व्याख्येया । तत्र श्रीमद्- अर्जुनस्य, यथा- एवं चिन्तयतो जिष्णोः कृष्ण-पाद-सरोरुहम् । सौहार्देनातिगाढेन शान्तासीद् विमला मतिः ॥ वासुदेवाङ्घ्र्य्-अनुध्यान- परिबृंहित-रंहसा । भक्त्या निर्मथिताशेष- कषाय-धिषणो ऽर्जुनः ॥ गीतं भगवता ज्ञानं यत् तत् सङ्ग्राम-मूर्धनि । काल-कर्म-तमो-रुद्धं पुनर् अध्यगमत् प्रभुः ॥ विशोको ब्रह्म-सम्पत्त्या सञ्छिन्न-द्वैत-संशयः । लीन-प्रकृति-नैर्गुण्याद् अलिङ्गत्वाद् असम्भवः ॥ [भ्प् १.१५.२८-३१} शान्ता चेतसि चक्षुषीव भगवद्-आविर्भावेन दुःख-रहिता । अतएव विमला तद्-वृत्ति-भूता ये कालुष-विशेषास् तैर् अपि रहिता । वासुदेवेत्य् आदिनोत्तर- पद्य-द्वयेन तस्यैव विवरणम् । तत्रानुध्यानं पूर्वोक्ता चिन्तैव । कषायः पूर्वोक्तं मलम् एव । माम् एवैष्यसि [गीता १८.६५] इत्य् अन्तम् । कालो भगवल्-लीलेच्छा-मयः । कर्म तल्-लीला । तमस् तल्-लीलावेशेन तद्- अनुसन्धानम् । अध्यगमत् तन्-महा-विच्छेदस्य तस्यान्तेऽपि तथा तत्- प्राप्तः पुनर् माम् एवैष्यसि इत्य् एतद्-वाक्यं यथार्थत्वेनानुभूतवान् । ततश् च कृतार्थोऽभवद् इत्य् आह विशोक इत्य् आदि । ब्रह्म-सम्पत्त्या श्रीमन्- नराकार-पर-ब्रह्म-साक्षात्कारेण । संछिन्न इयं (पगे ३३) मम चेतसि स्फूर्तिर् एव । साक्षात्कारस् त्व् अन्य इति द्वैते संशयो येन सः । तदा भगवत्- प्राप्तौ नान्यवज्-जन्मान्तर-प्राप्ति-काल-सन्धिर् अप्य् अन्तरायोऽभवद् इत्य् आह लीनेति । लीना पलायिता प्रकृतिर् गुण-कारणं यस्माद् एवम्भूतं यन् नैर्गुण्यं तस्माद् धेतोः । गुण-तत्-कारणातीतत्वाद् इत्य् अर्थः । तथैव अलिङ्गत्वात् प्राकृत-शरीर-रहितत्वाच् च । असम्भवो जन्मान्तर-रहितः । तस्माद् अनन्तरं चक्षुष्य्-आविर्भवतीत्य् एव विशेष इति भावः । अतः कलिं प्रति श्री-परीक्षिद्-वचनं चाग्रे यस् त्वं दूरं गते कृष्णे सह गाण्डीव- धन्वना [भ्प् १.१७.६] इति, एवं येऽध्यासनं राज-किरीट-जुष्टं सद्यो जहुर् भगवत्-पार्श्व-कामाः [भ्प् १.१९.२०] इति श्री-मुनि-वृन्द-वाक्यं च । तस्मात् सर्वेषां पाण्डवानां तदीयानां च सैव गतिः व्याख्येया । श्री-विदुरादीनां यम् अलोकादि-गतिश् च तत्-तद्-अंशेनैव स्व-स्वाधिकार-पालनार्थं लीलया काय-व्यूहेनेति ज्ञेयम् । तद् इत्थम् एव श्री-भागवत-भारतयोर् अविरोधः स्याद् इति ॥ ॥ १.१५ ॥ श्री-सुतः ॥ ५२ ॥

[52] tathā śrī-paṭṭa-mahiṣy-ādīnāṃ śrī-yādavādīnāṃ ca gatis tathaiva saṅgamitāsti | ete hi yādavāḥ sarve mad-gaṇā eva bhāmini ity ādi, reme ramābhir nija-kāma-sampluta [BhP 10.59.43] ity ādi-vacana-balena | jayati jananivāsaḥ [BhP 10.90.48] ity-ādi-sphuṭārtha-darśanena līlāntarasyaindra- jālikatvāt | kūrma-purāṇa-gata-sākṣāt-sītā-haraṇa-pratyākhyāyi-māyika- sītā-haraṇākhyāna-tulyatva-sthāpanāya ca | tathaiva tadīya-nitya-gaṇa- viśeṣāṇāṃ śrīmat-pāṇḍavānām api gatir vyākhyeyā | tatra śrīmad- arjunasya, yathā- evaṃ cintayato jiṣṇoḥ kṛṣṇa-pāda-saroruham | sauhārdenātigāḍhena śāntāsīd vimalā matiḥ || vāsudevāṅghry-anudhyāna- paribṛṃhita-raṃhasā | bhaktyā nirmathitāśeṣa- kaṣāya-dhiṣaṇo 'rjunaḥ || gītaṃ bhagavatā jñānaṃ yat tat saṅgrāma-mūrdhani | kāla-karma-tamo-ruddhaṃ punar adhyagamat prabhuḥ || viśoko brahma-sampattyā sañchinna-dvaita-saṃśayaḥ | līna-prakṛti-nairguṇyād aliṅgatvād asambhavaḥ || [BhP 1.15.28-31} śāntā cetasi cakṣuṣīva bhagavad-āvirbhāvena duḥkha-rahitā | ataeva vimalā tad-vṛtti-bhūtā ye kāluṣa-viśeṣās tair api rahitā | vāsudevety ādinottara- padya-dvayena tasyaiva vivaraṇam | tatrānudhyānaṃ pūrvoktā cintaiva | kaṣāyaḥ pūrvoktaṃ malam eva | mām evaiṣyasi [Gītā 18.65] ity antam | kālo bhagaval-līlecchā-mayaḥ | karma tal-līlā | tamas tal-līlāveśena tad- anusandhānam | adhyagamat tan-mahā-vicchedasya tasyānte'pi tathā tat- prāptaḥ punar mām evaiṣyasi ity etad-vākyaṃ yathārthatvenānubhūtavān | tataś ca kṛtārtho'bhavad ity āha viśoka ity ādi | brahma-sampattyā śrīman- narākāra-para-brahma-sākṣātkāreṇa | saṃchinna iyaṃ (page 33) mama cetasi sphūrtir eva | sākṣātkāras tv anya iti dvaite saṃśayo yena saḥ | tadā bhagavat- prāptau nānyavaj-janmāntara-prāpti-kāla-sandhir apy antarāyo'bhavad ity āha līneti | līnā palāyitā prakṛtir guṇa-kāraṇaṃ yasmād evambhūtaṃ yan nairguṇyaṃ tasmād dhetoḥ | guṇa-tat-kāraṇātītatvād ity arthaḥ | tathaiva aliṅgatvāt prākṛta-śarīra-rahitatvāc ca | asambhavo janmāntara-rahitaḥ | tasmād anantaraṃ cakṣuṣy-āvirbhavatīty eva viśeṣa iti bhāvaḥ | ataḥ kaliṃ prati śrī-parīkṣid-vacanaṃ cāgre yas tvaṃ dūraṃ gate kṛṣṇe saha gāṇḍīva- dhanvanā [BhP 1.17.6] iti, evaṃ ye'dhyāsanaṃ rāja-kirīṭa-juṣṭaṃ sadyo jahur bhagavat-pārśva-kāmāḥ [BhP 1.19.20] iti śrī-muni-vṛnda-vākyaṃ ca | tasmāt sarveṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ tadīyānāṃ ca saiva gatiḥ vyākhyeyā | śrī-vidurādīnāṃ yam alokādi-gatiś ca tat-tad-aṃśenaiva sva-svādhikāra-pālanārthaṃ līlayā kāya-vyūheneti jñeyam | tad ittham eva śrī-bhāgavata-bhāratayor avirodhaḥ syād iti || || 1.15 || śrī-sutaḥ || 52 ||

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English witness · section(s) 45

Anuccheda 45

That the devotees desire only to have love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (4.9.36):

na vai mukundasya padaravindayo rajo-jusas tata bhavadrsa janah vanchanti tad-dasyam rte 'rtham atmano yadrcchaya labdha-manah-samrddhayah

"My dear Vidura, persons like you, who are pure devotees of the lotus feet of Mukunda (the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can offer libreation) and who are always attached to the honey of His lotus feet, are always satisfied in serving at the lotus feet of the Lord. In any condition of life such persons remain satisfied, and thus they never ask the Lord for material prosperity."

The words "yadrcchaya labdha-manah samrddhayah" mean "without making any effort they attain great spiritual wealth in their hearts". the briefest merciful glance of the Lord fulfills all desires. That is the power of devotional service.

That the devotees desire only to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also seen in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (4.9.29):

naicchan mukti-pater muktim tasmat tapam upeyivan

"He did not demand actual liberation from the material world, but at the end of his devotional service, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared before him, he was simply ashamed of the material demands he had in his mind."

In these words spoken by Dhruva Maharaja the word mukti" refers to devotional service. This interpretation of the word "mukti" is confirmed by these words of the scriptures:

visnor anucaratvam hi moksam ahur man;isinah

"The wise philosophers affirm that devotional service to Lord Visnu is true liberation."

The verse quoted in the beginning of this anuccheda was spoken by sri Maitreya.

Prīti · Sanskrit §53–54 · English §46

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[५३] अथ श्री-परीक्षितो गतिश् च - स वै महा-भागवतः परीक्षिद् येनापवर्गाख्यम् अदभ्र-बुद्धिः । ज्ञानेन वैयासकि-शब्दितेन भेजे खगेन्द्र-ध्वज-पाद-मूलम् ॥ [भ्प् १.१८.१६] इत्य् अनेन दर्शिता । एवम् एवाहुः - सर्वे वयं तावद् इहास्महे ऽथ कलेवरं यावद् असौ विहाय । लोकं परं विरजस्कं विशोकं यास्यत्य् अयं भागवत-प्रधानः ॥ [भ्प् १.१९.२१] लोक-शब्देन चात्र नान्यल् लक्ष्यते । भगवत्-पार्श्व-कामा इति तेषाम् एवोक्ति- स्वारस्यात् । श्री-भागवत-प्रधान इति च । तस्माद् अन्ते चेद् ब्रह्म-कैवल्यं मन्यते, तथापि क्रम-भगवत्-प्राप्ति-रीत्या तद्-अनन्तरं भगवत्-प्राप्तिस् त्व् अवश्यं मन्येतैव । यथाजामिलस्य दर्शितम् । ॥ १.१९ ॥ श्री-मुनयः ॥ ५३ ॥ [५४] अथ सम्पद्यमानम् आज्ञाय भीष्मं ब्रह्मणि निष्कले [भ्प् १.९.४४] इत्य् अत्रापि पूर्ववद् एव समाधानम् । किं वा निष्कल-ब्रह्म-शब्देन मायातीतो नराकृति-पर-ब्रह्म-भूतः श्री-कृष्ण एवोच्यते । तस्मिन् सम्पद्यमानता तत्-सङ्गतिर् एव । तथाह - अधोक्षजालम्भम् इहाशुभात्मनः शरीरिणः संसृति-चक्र-शातनम् । तद् ब्रह्म-निर्वाण-सुखं विदुर् बुधास् ततो भजध्वं हृदये हृद्-ईश्वरम् ॥ [भ्प् ७.७.३७] हृदये वर्तमानं हृदि भजध्वम् । ॥ ७.७ ॥ श्री-प्रह्लादोऽसुर-बालकान् ॥ ५४ ॥

[53] atha śrī-parīkṣito gatiś ca - sa vai mahā-bhāgavataḥ parīkṣid yenāpavargākhyam adabhra-buddhiḥ | jñānena vaiyāsaki-śabditena bheje khagendra-dhvaja-pāda-mūlam || [BhP 1.18.16] ity anena darśitā | evam evāhuḥ - sarve vayaṃ tāvad ihāsmahe 'tha kalevaraṃ yāvad asau vihāya | lokaṃ paraṃ virajaskaṃ viśokaṃ yāsyaty ayaṃ bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ || [BhP 1.19.21] loka-śabdena cātra nānyal lakṣyate | bhagavat-pārśva-kāmā iti teṣām evokti- svārasyāt | śrī-bhāgavata-pradhāna iti ca | tasmād ante ced brahma-kaivalyaṃ manyate, tathāpi krama-bhagavat-prāpti-rītyā tad-anantaraṃ bhagavat-prāptis tv avaśyaṃ manyetaiva | yathājāmilasya darśitam | || 1.19 || śrī-munayaḥ || 53 || [54] atha sampadyamānam ājñāya bhīṣmaṃ brahmaṇi niṣkale [BhP 1.9.44] ity atrāpi pūrvavad eva samādhānam | kiṃ vā niṣkala-brahma-śabdena māyātīto narākṛti-para-brahma-bhūtaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa evocyate | tasmin sampadyamānatā tat-saṅgatir eva | tathāha - adhokṣajālambham ihāśubhātmanaḥ śarīriṇaḥ saṃsṛti-cakra-śātanam | tad brahma-nirvāṇa-sukhaṃ vidur budhās tato bhajadhvaṃ hṛdaye hṛd-īśvaram || [BhP 7.7.37] hṛdaye vartamānaṃ hṛdi bhajadhvam | || 7.7 || śrī-prahlādo'sura-bālakān || 54 ||

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English witness · section(s) 46

Anuccheda 46

Desires other than the desire to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead are criticized in the following two prayers of a pure devotee, prayers recorded in the following five prose paragraphs of srimad-Bhagavatam (5.24.23.-26):

yat tad bhagavatanadhigatanyopayena yacna- cchalenapahrta-sva-sariravesita-loka-trayo varuna- pasais ca sampratimukto giri-daryam capaviddha iti hovaca.

"When the Supreme Personality of Godhead could see no other means of taking everything away from Bali Maharaja, He adopted the trick of begging from him and took away all the three worlds. Thus only his body was left, but the Lord was still not satisfied. He arrested Bali Maharaja, bound him with the ropes of Varuna, and threw him in a cave in a mountain. Nevertheless, although all his property was taken and he was thrown into a cave, Bali Maharaja was such a great devotee that he spoke as follows.

nunam batayam bhagavan arthesu na nisnato yo 'sav indro yasya sacivo mantraya vrta ekantato brhaspatis tam atihaya svayam upendrenatmanam ayacatatmanas casiso no eva tad-dasyam ati- gambhira-vayasah kalasya manvantara-parivrttam kiyal loka-trayam idam.

"Alas, how pitiable it is for Indra, the king of heaven, that although he is very learned and powerful and although he chose Brhaspati as his prime minister to instruct him, he is completely ignorant concerning spiritual advancement. Brhaspati is also unintelligent because he did not properly instruct his disciple Indra. Lord Vamanadeva was standing at Indra's door, but King Indra instead of begging Him for an opportunity to render transcendental loving service, engaged him in asking me for alms to gain the three worlds for his sense gratification. Sovereignty over the three worlds is very insignificant because whatever material opulence one may possess lasts only for an age of Manu, which is but a tiny fraction of endless time.

yasyanudasyam evasmat-pitamahah kila vavre na tu sva- pitryam yad utakutobhayam padam diyamanam bhagavatah param iti bhagavatoparate khalu sva-pitari.

"Bali Maharaja said: My grandfather Prahlada Maharaja is the only person who understands his own self- interest. Upon the death of Prahlada's father, Hiranyakasipu, Lord Nrsimhadeva wanted to offer Prahlada his father's kingdom and even wanted to grant him liberation from material bondage, but Prahlada accepted neither. Liberation and material opulence, he thought, are obstacles to devotional service, and therefore such gifts are not His actual mercy. Consequently, insteqad of accepting the results of karma and jnana, Prahlada Maharaja simply begged the Lord for engagement in the service of His servant.

tasya mahanubhavasyanupatham amrjita-kasayah ko vasmad- vidhah parihina-bhagavad-anugraha upajigamisatiti.

"Bali Maharaja said: Persons like us, who are still attached to material enjoyment, who are conbtaminated by the modes of material nature, and who lack the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot follow the supreme path of Prahlada Maharaja, the exalted devotee of the Lord."

srila sridhara Svami comments:

"In this five paragraphs pure devotional service is desvribed."

These words were spoken by Maharaja Bali to Lord Vamana. In these paragraphs the word "tam" (to Him_ refers to Lord Vamana. Here "atihaya" means "not desiring any other goal". Here King Bali says: "Lord Vamanadeva was standing at Indra's door, but King Indra instead of begging Him for an opportunity to render transcendental loving service, engaged him in asking me for alms to gain the three worlds for his sense gratification."

In this passage the word "anudasyam" (serving the devotees of the Lord) is described in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (7.9.24):

naya mam nija-bhrtya-parsvam

"My dear Lord, I request You to place me in touch with Your pure devotee and let me serve him as a sincere servant."

In this passage the word "sva-pitryam" (my paternal property) refers to sovereignty over the three worlds. The phrase "yad uta akutobhayam padam" (the position of fearlessness) refers to liberation. Then Bali Maharaja says: "tan na tu vavre" (he did notr accept it). Why not? Because it was something other (param) than the Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavatah). Fearing that one might think in terms of the Supreme Lord's shadow potency or the Lord's partial expansions, King Bali here uses the word bhagavatah" (the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself). The passage quoted in the beginning of this anuccheda was spoken by srila sukadeva Gosvami.

Prīti · Sanskrit §55 · English §47

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[५५] सा च कृत-सङ्गतिस् तस्य प्रापञ्चिकागोचरतयापि कृष्ण-रूपेणैवानन्तधा- प्रकाशमानस्य श्री-कृष्णस्यैव प्रकाशान्तरे सम्भवेत् । अन्यथा विजय- सखे रतिर् अस्तु मेऽनवद्या [भ्प् १.९.३३] इति सङ्कल्पानुरूपा फल-प्राप्तिर् विरुध्येत । अथ श्री-पृथोर् गतिर् अपि श्री-परीक्षिद्वद् एव व्याख्येया । तस्यापि ब्रह्म- धारणान्तरं ब्रह्म-कैवल्य-विलक्षणां श्री-कृष्ण-लोक-प्राप्तिम् एव तद्- भार्याया अर्चिषो गति-दर्शनया सूचयन्ति - अहो इयं वधूर् धन्या या चैवं भू-भुजां पतिम् । सर्वात्मना पतिं भेजे यज्ञेशं श्रीर् वधूर् इव ॥ सैषा नूनं व्रजत्य् ऊर्ध्वम् अनु वैन्यं पतिं सती । पश्यतास्मान् अतीत्यार्चिर् दुर्विभाव्येन कर्मणा ॥ [भ्प् ४.२३.२५-२६] (पगे ३४) टीका च - त्रयोविंशे सभार्यस्य वने नित्य-समाधितः । विमानम् अधिरुह्याथ वैकुण्ठ-गतिर् ईर्यते ॥ इत्य् एषा ॥ ॥ ४.२ ॥ देव्यः परस्परम् ॥ ५५ ॥

[55] sā ca kṛta-saṅgatis tasya prāpañcikāgocaratayāpi kṛṣṇa-rūpeṇaivānantadhā- prakāśamānasya śrī-kṛṣṇasyaiva prakāśāntare sambhavet | anyathā vijaya- sakhe ratir astu me'navadyā [BhP 1.9.33] iti saṅkalpānurūpā phala-prāptir virudhyeta | atha śrī-pṛthor gatir api śrī-parīkṣidvad eva vyākhyeyā | tasyāpi brahma- dhāraṇāntaraṃ brahma-kaivalya-vilakṣaṇāṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-loka-prāptim eva tad- bhāryāyā arciṣo gati-darśanayā sūcayanti - aho iyaṃ vadhūr dhanyā yā caivaṃ bhū-bhujāṃ patim | sarvātmanā patiṃ bheje yajñeśaṃ śrīr vadhūr iva || saiṣā nūnaṃ vrajaty ūrdhvam anu vainyaṃ patiṃ satī | paśyatāsmān atītyārcir durvibhāvyena karmaṇā || [BhP 4.23.25-26] (page 34) ṭīkā ca - trayoviṃśe sabhāryasya vane nitya-samādhitaḥ | vimānam adhiruhyātha vaikuṇṭha-gatir īryate || ity eṣā || || 4.2 || devyaḥ parasparam || 55 ||

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English witness · section(s) 47

Anuccheda 47

The devotees are indifferent to pleasure or pain in this worldl. That is the proof of their purity. This is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (6.17.28):

narayana-parah sarve. . .

"Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation, and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord."

Out of kindness for His devotees, thwe Supreme Lord removes from them everything that has no relation to Him. The Lord throws these things far away. This is described in srimad-Bhagavatam (8.22.24), where the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself says:

brahman yam anugrhnami tad-viso vidhunomy aham

"My dear Lord Brahma, because of material opulence a foolish person becomes dull-witted and mad. Thus he has no respect for anyone within the three worlds and defies even My authority. To such a person I show special favor by first taking away all his possessions."

That the Supreme Personality of Godhead forbids his devotees from struggling to attain things that have no relation to Him is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (6.11.23):

trai-vargikayasa-vighatam asmat- patir vidhatte purusasya sakra tato 'numeyo bhagavat-prasado yo durlabho 'kincana-gocaro 'nyaih

"Our Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, forbids His devotees to endeavor uselessly for religion, economic development, and sense gratification. O Indra, one can thus infer how kind the Lord is. Such mercy is obtainable only by unalloyed devotees, not by persons who aspire for material gain."

This verse means: "If an independent-minded devotee (purusasya) strives to attain some material thing in the three worlds (traivargikayasa), then the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally creates obstacles (tad-vighatam vidhatta) to prevent the devotee from attaining his desires. The word akincana-gocara" means that if the devotee srtives to attain material pleasures or non-devotional liberation, the Lord creates obstacles to stop the devotee. The word "akincana" means "pure devotee". This has already been explained in the Bhakti-sandarbha. The verse qyoted in the beginning of this anuccheda was spoken by sriman Vrtra to the demigod Indra.

Prīti · Sanskrit §56 · English §48

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[५६] श्री-भागवतस्यान्ते भक्ति-निष्ठाया एव सूचितत्वात् नान्या गतिश् चिन्त्या । यथा तम् उद्दिश्य तत्रापि इत्य् आदि गद्ये -- भगवतः कर्म-बन्ध- विध्वंसन-श्रवण-स्मरण-गुण-विवरण-चरणारविन्द-युगलं मनसा विदधद् [भ्प् ५.९.१] इत्य् आदि । स्पष्टम् ॥ ॥ ५.९ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ५६ ॥

[56] śrī-bhāgavatasyānte bhakti-niṣṭhāyā eva sūcitatvāt nānyā gatiś cintyā | yathā tam uddiśya tatrāpi ity ādi gadye -- bhagavataḥ karma-bandha- vidhvaṃsana-śravaṇa-smaraṇa-guṇa-vivaraṇa-caraṇāravinda-yugalaṃ manasā vidadhad [BhP 5.9.1] ity ādi | spaṣṭam || || 5.9 || śrī-śukaḥ || 56 ||

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English witness · section(s) 48

Anuccheda 48

If a devotee prays for material things, he wishes them only to serve the Supreme Lord. The devotee does not wish them for his own personal sense gratification. This is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (10.70.41):

yaksyati tvam makhendrena rajasuyena pandavah paramesthya-kamo nrpatis tad bhavan anumodatam

"First of all I may inform You that King Yudhisthira has all material opulences which are possible to achieve in the highets planetary system, Brahmaloka. He has no material opulence for which to aspire, and yet he wants to perform Rajasuya sacrifices only to get Your association and to please You."

In this verse the word "paramesthya" means Lord Krsna, the king of Dvaraka".That the word paramesthi" refers to Lord Krsna is confirmed by the following words describing Lord Krsna's accepting the rice brought by Sudama Vipra (srimad-Bhagavatam 10.81.10):

tavac chrir jagrhe hastam tat-para paramesthinah

"Rukmini-devi, who is the goddess of fortune herself, checked the Lord by catching hold of His hand."

Because "paramesthi" refers to Lord Krsna, the word "paramesthya" may be taken to mean "the opulence of Dvaraka City". Interpreted in this way, the word paramesthya-kamah" means "desiring opulence like that of Lord Krsna Himself". He desired opulence like that of Dvaraka so Indraprastha would a be a fit place for Lord Krsna to reside. He had no other desire. This truth about Maharaja Yudhisthira is also described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (1.12.6):

kim te kamah sura-sparha mukunda-manaso dvijah adhijahur mudam rajnah ksudhitasya yathetare

"O brahmanas, the opulence of the king was so enchanting that the denizens of heaven aspired for it. But because he was absorbed in the service of the Lord, nothing could satisfy him except the Lord's service."

By Lord Krsna's mercy, Maharaja Yudhisthira attained this desire. This is described in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (10.75.34-35):

sabhayam maya-klptayam kvapi dharma-suto 'dhirat vrto 'nugair bandhubhis ca krsnenapi sva-caksusa

asinah kancane saksad asane maghavan iva paramesthya-sriya justah stuyamanas ca vandibhih

"Once upon a time king Yudhisthira was sitting on the golden throne in the palace constructed by the demon Maya. His foru brothers and other relatives, as well as his great well- wisher, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, were present and the material opulence of King Yudhisthira seemed no less than that of Lord Brahma."

In these verses the word "sva-caksusa" (with his own eye) is an advjective referring to Lord Krsna. A person who has eyes and can see has a possession a bind man does not have. A blind man will certainly yearn to attain such a possession, the possession of having eyes that can see. If a person loses his sight, then all his possessions become useless to him. For the devotees, devotees who consider Lord Krsna their Lord and master, Lord Krsna's is their precious eyes.

Making reference to the Pandavas, srila sukadeva Gosvami spoke these words to Maharaja Pariksit (srimad- Bhagavatam 1.16.20):

na va. . . . . .ye 'dhyasanam raja-kirita-justam sadyo jahur bhagavat-parsva-kamah

"O chief of all the saintly kings of the Pandu dynasty who are strictly in the line of Lord sri Krsna! It is not at all astonishing that you give up your throne, which is decorated with the helmets of many kings, to achieve eternal association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

Speaking to Lord Krsna, sri Narada said:

tad bhavan anumodatam

"May Your Lordhsip be pleased."

In this way it is seen that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased with His pure devotees. The Supreme Personality of Godhead personally affirmed this truth by saying (srimad-Bhagavatam 10.60.50):

yan yan kamayase kaman mayy akamaya bhamini santi hy ekanta-bhaktayas tava kalyani nityada

"O most beautiful Rukmini, You are My dearmost wife. I am greatly pleased to understand how much love you have for Me. Please take it for granted that no matter what ambition and desire you might have and no matter what you might expect from Me, I am always at your service."

Here the word "akamah" means "devotional service where pure love for Lord Krsna is present and where there is no other desire." In this way "akamah" means the desire for devotional service nad nothing else". The word "akamah is used in that way in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (2.3.10):

akamah sarva-kamo va. . .

"A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the Supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead."

Devotional service with pure love for the Supreme Lord is also described by sri Prahlada in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (7.10.3):

bhrtya-laksana-jijnasuh. . .

"O my worshipable Lord, because the seed of lusty desires, which is the root cause of material existence, is within the core of everyone's heart, You have sent me to this material world to exhibit the symptoms of a pure devotee. "Otherwise, O my Lord, O supreme instructor of the entire world, You are so kind to Your devotee that You could not induce him to do something unbeneficial for him. On the other hand, one who desires some material benefit in exchange for devotional service cannot be Your pure devotee. Indeed, he is no better than a merchant who wants profit in exchange for service."

Therefore, in srimad-Bhagavatam 10.60.50 the words akamaya yan yan kamayase kaman" mean "O Queen Rukmini, whatever you desire to attain the great treasure of loving devotional service to Me". Because Rukmini is Lord Krsna's eternal beloved, the eternal goddess Laksmi", she is here addressed by the word "santi" (o eternal one).

Here the word "ekanta-bhaktayah" means "who do not desire anything for your own benefit", "kamini" means "O you who desire only to please Me", and kalyani" means "O you who remove all obstacles to attaining the great good fortune that is devotional service". The verse quoted in the beginning of this anuccheda was spoken by Lord Krsna to Queen Rukmini.

Prīti · Sanskrit §57 · English §49

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[५७] रहूगण-महिमानम् उद्दिश्य च - एवं हि नृप भगवद्- आश्रिताश्रितानुभावः [भ्प् ५.१३.२५] इति स्पष्टम् । ॥ ५.१३ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ५७ ॥

[57] rahūgaṇa-mahimānam uddiśya ca - evaṃ hi nṛpa bhagavad- āśritāśritānubhāvaḥ [BhP 5.13.25] iti spaṣṭam | || 5.13 || śrī-śukaḥ || 57 ||

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Anuccheda 49

The desire for samipya liberation is seen in srimad- Bhagavatam 1.16.20):

sadyo jahur bhagavat-parsva-kamah

"O chief of all the saintly kings of the Pandu dynasty who are strictly in the line of Lord sri Krsna! It is not at all astonishing that you give up your throne, which is decorated with the helmets of many kings, to achieve eternal association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

This is a very intense kind of love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this kind of love the devotee yearns to be always near the Lord. Because residence in the world of birth of death is an obstacle to that end, these devotees pray that their stay in this world be brought to an end.

This is like the love a mother or father feel foel for their children. When the children are far away, the parents yearn to be with them. This desire to associate with the Lord is also seen in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (7.9.16):

trasto 'smy aham krpana-vatsala duhsahogra- samsara-cakra-kadanad grasatam pranitah baddhah sva-karmabhir usattama te 'nghri-mulam prito 'pavarga-saranam hvayase kada nu

"O most powerful, insurmountable Lord, who are kind to the fallen souls, I have been put into the association of demons as a result of my activities, and therefore I am very much afraid of my condition of life within this material world. When will that moment come when You will call me to the shelter of Your lotus feet, which are the ultimate goal from liberation from conditional life?"

This verse means: "O Lord, because everything in this material world is turned away from You, this world is intolerable (duhsaha) Because the things of this world are all obstacles to devotional service to You, this world is a very fearful (ugram) place. Therefore I am very afraid (trasto 'smi) of the miserable conditions (kadanam) in this material world (samsara-cakram), conditions that are bring sufferings to the hearts of the living entities. In this world I have no power to serve You properly. That even an auspicious situation in the material world is inauspicious for devotional service is also described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (7.10.1-2):

sri-narada uvaca

bhakti-yogasya tat sarvam antarayatayarbhakah manyamano hrsikesam smayamana uvaca ha

"The great saint Narada Muni continued: Although Prahlada Maharaja was only a boy, when he heard the benedictions offered by Lord Nrsimhadeva, he considered them impediments on the path of devotional service. Thus he smiled very mildly and spoke as follows.

sri-prahlada uvaca

ma mam pralobhayotpattya saktam kamesu tair varaih tat-sanga-bhito nirvinno mumuksus tvam upasritah

"Prahlada Maharaja said: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because I was born in an atheistic family I am naturally attached to material enjoyment. Therefore, kindly do not tempt me with these illusions. I am very much afraid of material conditions, and I desire to be liberated from materialistic life. It is for this reason that I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet."

In srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.16, sri Prahlada says: Although i am afraid (trasto 'smi) of this material world, I am still, because of my offenses to the Lord, placed among these many demons who are like me. Bound by my past karma (sva- karmabhir baddhah), I am thrown (pranitah) amongst them. Therefore, suffering because I am now far from You, I beg: `When (kada nu) will You, being pleased with me (pritah), call me to the shelter of Your lotus feet (anghrim), which are the ultimate goal for liberation from conditional life (apavarga-saranam)?' " This verse was spoken by sri Prahlada to Lord Nrsimha.

Prīti · Sanskrit §58 · English §50

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[५८] यो दुस्त्यज [भ्प् ५.१४.४४] इत्य् आदौ मधुद्विट्- सेवानुरक्त-मनसाम् अभवो ऽपि फल्गुः इति च । स्पष्टम् । ॥ ५.१४ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ५८ ॥

[58] yo dustyaja [BhP 5.14.44] ity ādau madhudviṭ- sevānurakta-manasām abhavo 'pi phalguḥ iti ca | spaṣṭam | || 5.14 || śrī-śukaḥ || 58 ||

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English witness · section(s) 50

Anuccheda 50

In the account of the Visnu Purana, sri Prahlada, although praying to attain love for the Lord, is not averse to residing in the material world. He says (Visnu Purana 1.20.18, 19, 26, and 27):

natha yoni-sahasresu yesu yesu vrajamy aham tesu tesv acyuta bhaktir acyute 'stu sada tvayi

"O Lord, I pray that I will always have unflinching devotion to You, even if I must take take birth in thousands of wombs in this world,

ya pritir avivekanam visayesv anapayini tvam anusmaratah sa me hrdayan napasrpatu

"Fools fall in love with material sense objects. As they always love senses obejcts, may I always love You. I always meditate on You. I pray that You will never leave my heart."

krta-krtyo 'smi bhagavan varenanena yat tvayi bhavitri tvat-prasadena bhaktir avyabhicarini

"O Supreme Personality of Godhead, please give me the boon that by Your mercy I will always have unflinching devotion to You. With this boon my life will be successful.

dharmartha-kamaih kim tasya muktis tasya kare sthita samasta-jagatam mule yasya bhaktih sthira tvayi

"What to speak of piety, econimoc development, sense gratification, even liberation stands in the hand of anyone who has firm devotion to You, the root from which all the worlds have grown."

To these words the Supreme Personality of Godhead gave this reply (Visnu Purana 1.20.28):

yatha te niscalam ceto mayi bhakti-samanvitam tatha tvam mat-prasadena nirvanam param apsyasi

"Because your heart has unflinching devotion to Me, by My mercy you will attain final liberation."

This last verse means: "to the extent that you have unlfinching devotion to Me, to that extent You are qualified to serve My feet." This same idea is also seen in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (5.14.44):

sevanurakta-manasam abhavo 'pi phalguh

"Indeed, even liberation is considered insignificant for those whose minds are attracted to the loving service of the Lord."

This same meaning is also hinted in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (11.2.8):

aham kila puranantam prajartho bhuvi mukti-dam apujayam na moksaya mohito deva-mayaya

"Wishing a child, I long ago worshiped the limitlsess Supreme Lord, who can give the gift of liberation. Bewildered by the Lord's illusory potency, I did not worship Him to attain liberation."

This verse means: "Wishing a child, Im my own expanded form, where I bore the name Sutapa, I long ago worshiped (apujayam) the limitlsess Supreme Lord, who can give the gift of liberation (muktidam). I did not worship Him to attain liberation. Bewildered (mohitah) by the Lord's (deva) merciful (mayaya) glance, I desired to have a son." Here the word "maya" means "mercy". In the Visva- prakasa Dictionary it is said:

maya dambhe krpayam ca

"The word `maya' may mean `trickery' or `mercy'."

In srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.8 the word "kila" (indeed) means "the Supreme Personality of Godhead's words in the maternity room prove all this". It is also said in srimad- Bhagavatam (11.2.9):

yatha vicitra-vyasanat. . .

"O saintly spiritual master, please teach me how I may become free from this fearful material world filled with dangers."

In this verse the word "vyasana" (danger) mans the dangers that come from being separated from the Supreme Lord" and the word "bhaya" (fear) means "the fears that come fromk being separated from the Supreme Lord". It is also said in srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.33):

manye kutascit. . .

"I think devotional service to the lotus feet of the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only way a person whose heart is always agitated, a person who thinks his external material body is his true self, can become free from all fear. When devotional service is present fears come to an end."

sri Narada explains (srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.45):

tvam apy etan. . .

"O very fortunate one, by faithfully following the path of devotional service you have now heard, you will become liberated and will attain the Supreme."

Here the word "visva" shows that by ataining the Supreme Personality of Godhead one becomes free from both fears and dancers that come from His absence. At the end of this conversation it is said (srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.54):

tvam apy etan. . .

"O fortunate one, by faithfully following this path you have heard from me, this path of worshipping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you will become liberated and will attain the Supreme."

In this verse and the verse following it the way to attain association with Lord Krsna is described. srimad-Bhagavatam 11.2.8, which was quoted in this anuccheda, was spoken by sri Vasudeva Maharaja to sri Narada.

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[५९] अतो विष्णु-पुराणाद्य्-उक्ता ज्ञानि-भरताद्याः कल्प-भेदेनान्ये एव ज्ञेया । अधनो ऽयं धनं प्राप्य माद्यन्न् उच्चैर् न मां स्मरेत् । इति कारुणिको नूनं धनं मे ऽभूरि नाददात् ॥ [भ्प् १०.८१.२०] अभूर्य् अपि । यथा च - नूनं ब्१अतैतन्-मम दुर्भगस्य शश्वद् दरिद्रस्य समृद्धि-हेतुः महा-विभूतेर् अवलोकतो ऽन्यो नैवोपपद्येत यदूत्तमस्य ॥ [भ्प् १०.८१.३३] इत्य् अनन्तरम्, नन्व् अब्रुवाणो दिशते समक्षम् [भ्प् १०.८१.३४] इत्य् आदिकं, किञ्चित् करोत्य् उर्व् अपि यत् स्वदत्तम् [भ्प् १०.८१.३५] इत्य् आदिकं चोक्त्वा तद्-गुणोद्दीपित-प्रीतिर् आह तस्यैव मे सौहृद-सख्य-मैत्री- दास्यं पुनर् जन्मनि जन्मनि स्यात् महानुभावेन गुणालयेन विषज्जतस् तत्-पुरुष-प्रसङ्गः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८१.३६] निरुपाधिकोपकार-मयं सौहृदम् । सह-विहारितामयं तद् एव सख्यम् । मैत्री स्निग्धत्वम् । दास्यं सेवकत्व-मात्रम् अपि स्यात् । द्वन्द्वैक्यम् । महानुभावेन तेनैव । अतएव सा सम्पत्तिर् अपि भगवत्-सेवार्थम् एव तेन नियुक्तेत्य् आयातम् । ॥ १०.८१ ॥ श्रीदाम-विप्रः ॥ ५९-६० ॥ [६१] तद् एवं भगवत्-प्रीतेर् एव परम-पुरुषार्थता स्थापिता । अथ तस्याः स्वरूप-लक्षणं श्री-विष्णु-पुराणे प्रह्लादेनातिदेश-द्वारा दर्शितम् - या प्रीतिर् अविवेकानां विषयेष्व् अनपायिनी । त्वाम् अनुस्मरतः सा मे हृदयान् नापसर्पतु ॥ [विप् १.२०.१९] इति । या यल्-लक्षणा सा तल्-लक्षणा इत्य् अर्थः । न तु या सैवेति वक्ष्यमाण- लक्षणैक्यात् । तथापि - पूर्वस्या माया-शक्ति-वृत्तिमयत्वेन उत्तरस्याः स्वरूप-शक्ति-मयत्वेन भेदात् । एतद् उक्तं भवति - प्रीति-शब्देन खलु मृत्-प्रमोद-हर्सानन्दादि-पर्यायं सुखम् उच्यते । भाव-हार्द- सौहृदादि-पर्याया प्रियता चोच्यते । तत्र उल्लासात्मको ज्ञान-विशेषः सुखम् । तथा विषयानुकूल्यात्मकस् तद्-आनुकूल्यानुगत-तत्-स्पृहा-तद्- अनुभव-हेतुकोल्लास-मय-ज्ञान-विशेषः प्रियता । अतएवास्यां सुखत्वेऽपि पूर्वतो वैशिष्ट्यम् । तयोः प्रतियोगिणौ च क्रमेण दुःख-द्वेषौ । अतः सुखस्य उल्लास-मात्रात्मकत्वाद् आश्रय एव (पगे ३५) विद्यते, न तु विषयः । एवं तत्-प्रतियोगिनो दुःखस्य च प्रियतायास् त्व् आनुकूल्य-स्पृहात्मकत्वाद् विषयश् च विद्यते । एवं प्रातिकूल्यात्मकस्य तत्-प्रतियोगिनो द्वेषस्य च । तत्र सुख-दुःखयोर् आश्रयौ सुष्ठु-दुष्ट-कर्माणौ जीवौ । प्रियता-द्वेषयोर् आश्रयौ प्रीयमाण-द्विषन्तौ विषयौ च तत्-प्रिय-द्वेष्यौ । तत्र प्रीत्य्- अर्थानां क्रियाणां विषयस्याधिकरणत्वम् एव दीप्त्य्-अर्थवत् । द्वेषार्थानां तु विषयस्य कर्मत्वं हन्त्य् अर्थवत् । एतद् उक्तं भवति कर्तुर् ईप्सिततमं खलु कर्म । ईप्सिततमत्वं च या क्रियारभ्यते साक्षात् तयैव साधयितुम् इष्टतमत्वम् । साधनं चोत्पाद्यत्वेन विकार्यत्वेन संस्कार्यत्वेन प्राप्यत्वेन च सम्पादनम् इति चतुर्विधम् । तस्माद् अन्तर्भूतण्य् अर्थो घो धातुः स एव स-कर्मकः स्यात्, नान्यः । यथा घटं करोतीत्य् उक्ते घटे उत्पद्यते तम् उत्पादयतीति गम्यते । तण्डुलं पचतीति तण्डुलो विक्लिद्यति तं विक्लेदयतीत्य् आदि । सत्ता-दीप्त्य्-आदीनां तु न तादृशत्वं गम्यत इत्य् अकर्मकत्वम् एवेति । न च प्रीतेर् ज्ञान-रूपत्वेन सकर्मकत्वम् आशङ्क्यम् । चेतति-प्रभृतीनां तद्-विनाभाव-दर्शनात् । अतो ब्रह्म-ज्ञानवद् भूत-रूपोऽयम् अर्थो, न च यज्ञादि-ज्ञानवद् भव्य-रूपो विधि-सापेक्ष इति सिद्धम् । तद् एवं प्रीति-शब्दस्य सुख-पर्यायत्वे प्रियता-पर्यार्थत्वे च स्थिते या प्रीतिर् अविवेकानाम् इत्य् अत्र तूत्तरत्रत्वम् एव स्पष्टम् । न पूर्वत्वम् । पूर्वत्वे सति विषयेष्व् अनुभूयमानेषु या प्रीतिः सुखम् इत्य् अर्थः । उत्तरत्वे तु विषयेषु या प्रीतिः प्रियतेत्य् अर्थः । ततश् चानुभूयमानेष्व् इत्य् अध्याहार-कल्पनया क्लिष्टा प्रतिपत्तिर् इति । तद् एवं पुत्रादि-विषयक-प्रीतेस् तद्-आनुकूल्याद्य्-आत्मकत्वेन भगवत्- प्रीतेर् अपि तथाभूतत्वेन समान-लक्षणत्वम् एव । तत्र पूर्वस्या माया- शक्ति-वृत्तिमयत्वम् इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखम् [गीता १३.६] इत्य् आदिना श्री- गीतोपनिषद्-आदौ व्यक्तम् अस्ति । उत्तरस्यास् तु स्वरूप-शक्ति-वृत्तिमयत्वम् अन्तिके दर्शयिष्यामः । तस्मात् साधु व्याख्यातं या यल्-लक्षणा सा तल्- लक्षणा इति । इयम् एव भगवत्-प्रीतिर् भक्ति-शब्देनाप्य् उच्यते परमेश्वर- निष्ठत्वात् पित्रादि-गुरु-विषयक-प्रीतिवत् । अतएव तद्-अव्यवहित-पूर्व-पद्ये भक्ति-शब्देनैविपादाय प्रार्थितासौ नाथ योनि-सहस्रेष्व् [विप् १.२०.१८] इत्य् आदौ । अत्र या प्रार्थिता, सैव हि स्वरूप-निर्देश-पूर्वकम् उत्तर-श्लोकेन या प्रीतिर् इत्य् आदिना विविच्य प्रार्थिता । अतएव न पौनरुक्त्यम् अपि । अतो द्वयोर् ऐक्याद् एव श्रीमत्- परमेश्वरेणाप्य् अनुगृह्णता तयोर् एकयोक्त्यैवानुभाषितम् भक्तिर् मयि तवास्त्य् एव भूयोऽप्य् एवं भविष्यति [विप् १.२०.२०] इति । तयोर् भेदे तु तद्वत् प्रीतिर् अप्य् अनुभाष्येत । अतएव हे माप लक्ष्मीपते सा विषय-प्रीतिर् मम हृदयात् सर्पतु पलायताम् इति विरक्ति-प्रार्थना- मयोऽर्थोऽपि न सङ्गच्छते । तस्या अप्य् अनुभाषणाभावात् नापसर्पत्व् इति प्रसिद्ध-पाठान्तर्-विरोधाच् च । ततस् तद्-भक्तेर् अपि तत्-प्रीति-पर्यायत्वे स्थितेऽपि प्रीणातिवन् न भजतिः सर्व-प्रत्ययान्त एव प्रीतिं [दृष्ट्वा] वदति प्र्योगादर्शनात् [प्रयोग-दर्शनात्] । प्रयोगस् तु क्तिन्-क्त-प्रत्ययान्त एव दृश्यते । यदा च प्रीत्य्-अर्थ-वृत्तिस् तदा प्रीणातिवद् अकर्मक एव भवतीति । तद् एवं विषय-प्रीति- (पगे ३६) दृष्टान्तेन श्री-भगवद्- विषयानुकूल्यात्मकस् तद्-अनुगत-स्पृहादिमयो ज्ञान-विशेषस् तत्-प्रीतिर् इति लक्षितम् । विषय-माधुर्यानुभववत् भगवन्-माधुर्यानुभवस् तु ततोऽन्यः । अतएव भक्तिर् विरक्तिर् भगवत्-प्रबोधः [भ्प् ११.२.४३] इति भेदेनाम्नातम् । भक्त्या त्व् अनन्यया शक्य अहम् एवंविधो ऽर्जुन । ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप ॥ [गीत ११.५४] अथैनं भगवत्-प्रीतिं साक्षाद् एव लक्षयति सार्धेन - देवानां गुण-लिङ्गानाम् आनुश्रविक-कर्मणाम् । सत्त्व एवैक-मनसो वृत्तिः स्वाभाविकी तु या ॥ अनिमित्ता भागवती भक्तिः सिद्धेर् गरीयसी ॥ [भ्प् ३.२५.३२] पूर्वं श्रद्धा रतिर् भक्तिर् अनुक्रमिष्यति [भ्प् ३.२५.२५] इत्य् उक्तम् । अत्र यद्यपि रति-भक्त्योर् द्वयोर् अपि तारतम्य-मात्र-भेदयोः प्रीतित्वम् एव तथापि प्रीत्य्-अतिशय-लक्षणायां प्रेमाख्यायां भक्तौ तद् अतिस्फुटं स्याद् इति कृत्वा भक्ति-पदेन ताम् उपादाय लक्षयति । अर्थश् चायम् - गुण- लिङ्गानां गुण-त्रयोपाधीनाम् । आनुश्रविकं श्रुति-पुराणादिगम्यं कर्माचरितं येषां ते तथोक्ताः । तेषां देवानां श्री-विष्णु-ब्रह्म-शिवानां मध्ये सत्त्वे सान्निध्य-मात्रेण सत्त्व-गुणोपकारके स्वरूप-शक्ति-वृत्ति- भूत-शुद्ध-सत्त्वात्मके वा श्री-विष्णौ । एतच् चोपलक्षणम् । श्री-भगवद्- आद्य्-अनन्ताविर्भावेष्व् एकस्मिन्न् अपीत्य् अर्थः । एव-कारेण नेतरत्र न च तत्रापि चेतरत्रापि च । एक-मनसः पुरुषस्य या वृत्तिस् तद्-आनुकूल्यात्मको ज्ञान-विशेषः । अनिमित्ता फलाभिसन्धि-शून्या । स्वाभाविकी स्वरसत एव विषय-सौन्दर्याद् अयत्नेनैव जायमाना न च बलाद् आपाद्यमाना । सा भाग-घती भक्तिः प्रीतिर् इत्य् अर्थः । प्रीति-सम्बन्धाद् एवान्यस्या भक्तेः स्वाभाविकत्वं स्यात् । तस्माद् वृत्ति-शब्देन प्रीतिर् एवात्र मुख्यत्वेन ग्राह्येति । सा च सिद्धेर् मोक्षाद् गरीयसी इति । सालोक्य-सार्ष्टि इत्य् आदि श्रवणात् । अतएव ज्ञान-साध्यस्यापि तिरस्कार-प्रसिद्धेर् ज्ञान-मात्र- तिरस्कारार्थ-सिद्धेर् ज्ञानाद् इति व्याख्यानम् असदृशम् । अत्र मोक्षाद् गरीयस्त्वत्वेन तस्या वृत्तेर् गुणातीतत्वं ततोऽपि घन-परमानन्दत्वं च दर्शितम् । ॥ ३.२५ ॥ श्री-कपिल-देवः ॥ ६१ ॥

[59] ato viṣṇu-purāṇādy-uktā jñāni-bharatādyāḥ kalpa-bhedenānye eva jñeyā | adhano 'yaṃ dhanaṃ prāpya mādyann uccair na māṃ smaret | iti kāruṇiko nūnaṃ dhanaṃ me 'bhūri nādadāt || [BhP 10.81.20] abhūry api | yathā ca - nūnaṃ b1ataitan-mama durbhagasya śaśvad daridrasya samṛddhi-hetuḥ mahā-vibhūter avalokato 'nyo naivopapadyeta yadūttamasya || [BhP 10.81.33] ity anantaram, nanv abruvāṇo diśate samakṣam [BhP 10.81.34] ity ādikaṃ, kiñcit karoty urv api yat svadattam [BhP 10.81.35] ity ādikaṃ coktvā tad-guṇoddīpita-prītir āha tasyaiva me sauhṛda-sakhya-maitrī- dāsyaṃ punar janmani janmani syāt mahānubhāvena guṇālayena viṣajjatas tat-puruṣa-prasaṅgaḥ || [BhP 10.81.36] nirupādhikopakāra-mayaṃ sauhṛdam | saha-vihāritāmayaṃ tad eva sakhyam | maitrī snigdhatvam | dāsyaṃ sevakatva-mātram api syāt | dvandvaikyam | mahānubhāvena tenaiva | ataeva sā sampattir api bhagavat-sevārtham eva tena niyuktety āyātam | || 10.81 || śrīdāma-vipraḥ || 59-60 || [61] tad evaṃ bhagavat-prīter eva parama-puruṣārthatā sthāpitā | atha tasyāḥ svarūpa-lakṣaṇaṃ śrī-viṣṇu-purāṇe prahlādenātideśa-dvārā darśitam - yā prītir avivekānāṃ viṣayeṣv anapāyinī | tvām anusmarataḥ sā me hṛdayān nāpasarpatu || [ViP 1.20.19] iti | yā yal-lakṣaṇā sā tal-lakṣaṇā ity arthaḥ | na tu yā saiveti vakṣyamāṇa- lakṣaṇaikyāt | tathāpi - pūrvasyā māyā-śakti-vṛttimayatvena uttarasyāḥ svarūpa-śakti-mayatvena bhedāt | etad uktaṃ bhavati - prīti-śabdena khalu mṛt-pramoda-harsānandādi-paryāyaṃ sukham ucyate | bhāva-hārda- sauhṛdādi-paryāyā priyatā cocyate | tatra ullāsātmako jñāna-viśeṣaḥ sukham | tathā viṣayānukūlyātmakas tad-ānukūlyānugata-tat-spṛhā-tad- anubhava-hetukollāsa-maya-jñāna-viśeṣaḥ priyatā | ataevāsyāṃ sukhatve'pi pūrvato vaiśiṣṭyam | tayoḥ pratiyogiṇau ca krameṇa duḥkha-dveṣau | ataḥ sukhasya ullāsa-mātrātmakatvād āśraya eva (page 35) vidyate, na tu viṣayaḥ | evaṃ tat-pratiyogino duḥkhasya ca priyatāyās tv ānukūlya-spṛhātmakatvād viṣayaś ca vidyate | evaṃ prātikūlyātmakasya tat-pratiyogino dveṣasya ca | tatra sukha-duḥkhayor āśrayau suṣṭhu-duṣṭa-karmāṇau jīvau | priyatā-dveṣayor āśrayau prīyamāṇa-dviṣantau viṣayau ca tat-priya-dveṣyau | tatra prīty- arthānāṃ kriyāṇāṃ viṣayasyādhikaraṇatvam eva dīpty-arthavat | dveṣārthānāṃ tu viṣayasya karmatvaṃ hanty arthavat | etad uktaṃ bhavati kartur īpsitatamaṃ khalu karma | īpsitatamatvaṃ ca yā kriyārabhyate sākṣāt tayaiva sādhayitum iṣṭatamatvam | sādhanaṃ cotpādyatvena vikāryatvena saṃskāryatvena prāpyatvena ca sampādanam iti caturvidham | tasmād antarbhūtaṇy artho gho dhātuḥ sa eva sa-karmakaḥ syāt, nānyaḥ | yathā ghaṭaṃ karotīty ukte ghaṭe utpadyate tam utpādayatīti gamyate | taṇḍulaṃ pacatīti taṇḍulo viklidyati taṃ vikledayatīty ādi | sattā-dīpty-ādīnāṃ tu na tādṛśatvaṃ gamyata ity akarmakatvam eveti | na ca prīter jñāna-rūpatvena sakarmakatvam āśaṅkyam | cetati-prabhṛtīnāṃ tad-vinābhāva-darśanāt | ato brahma-jñānavad bhūta-rūpo'yam artho, na ca yajñādi-jñānavad bhavya-rūpo vidhi-sāpekṣa iti siddham | tad evaṃ prīti-śabdasya sukha-paryāyatve priyatā-paryārthatve ca sthite yā prītir avivekānām ity atra tūttaratratvam eva spaṣṭam | na pūrvatvam | pūrvatve sati viṣayeṣv anubhūyamāneṣu yā prītiḥ sukham ity arthaḥ | uttaratve tu viṣayeṣu yā prītiḥ priyatety arthaḥ | tataś cānubhūyamāneṣv ity adhyāhāra-kalpanayā kliṣṭā pratipattir iti | tad evaṃ putrādi-viṣayaka-prītes tad-ānukūlyādy-ātmakatvena bhagavat- prīter api tathābhūtatvena samāna-lakṣaṇatvam eva | tatra pūrvasyā māyā- śakti-vṛttimayatvam icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṃ duḥkham [Gītā 13.6] ity ādinā śrī- gītopaniṣad-ādau vyaktam asti | uttarasyās tu svarūpa-śakti-vṛttimayatvam antike darśayiṣyāmaḥ | tasmāt sādhu vyākhyātaṃ yā yal-lakṣaṇā sā tal- lakṣaṇā iti | iyam eva bhagavat-prītir bhakti-śabdenāpy ucyate parameśvara- niṣṭhatvāt pitrādi-guru-viṣayaka-prītivat | ataeva tad-avyavahita-pūrva-padye bhakti-śabdenaivipādāya prārthitāsau nātha yoni-sahasreṣv [ViP 1.20.18] ity ādau | atra yā prārthitā, saiva hi svarūpa-nirdeśa-pūrvakam uttara-ślokena yā prītir ity ādinā vivicya prārthitā | ataeva na paunaruktyam api | ato dvayor aikyād eva śrīmat- parameśvareṇāpy anugṛhṇatā tayor ekayoktyaivānubhāṣitam bhaktir mayi tavāsty eva bhūyo'py evaṃ bhaviṣyati [ViP 1.20.20] iti | tayor bhede tu tadvat prītir apy anubhāṣyeta | ataeva he māpa lakṣmīpate sā viṣaya-prītir mama hṛdayāt sarpatu palāyatām iti virakti-prārthanā- mayo'rtho'pi na saṅgacchate | tasyā apy anubhāṣaṇābhāvāt nāpasarpatv iti prasiddha-pāṭhāntar-virodhāc ca | tatas tad-bhakter api tat-prīti-paryāyatve sthite'pi prīṇātivan na bhajatiḥ sarva-pratyayānta eva prītiṃ [dṛṣṭvā] vadati pryogādarśanāt [prayoga-darśanāt] | prayogas tu ktin-kta-pratyayānta eva dṛśyate | yadā ca prīty-artha-vṛttis tadā prīṇātivad akarmaka eva bhavatīti | tad evaṃ viṣaya-prīti- (page 36) dṛṣṭāntena śrī-bhagavad- viṣayānukūlyātmakas tad-anugata-spṛhādimayo jñāna-viśeṣas tat-prītir iti lakṣitam | viṣaya-mādhuryānubhavavat bhagavan-mādhuryānubhavas tu tato'nyaḥ | ataeva bhaktir viraktir bhagavat-prabodhaḥ [BhP 11.2.43] iti bhedenāmnātam | bhaktyā tv ananyayā śakya aham evaṃvidho 'rjuna | jñātuṃ draṣṭuṃ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṃ ca paraṃtapa || [Gīta 11.54] athainaṃ bhagavat-prītiṃ sākṣād eva lakṣayati sārdhena - devānāṃ guṇa-liṅgānām ānuśravika-karmaṇām | sattva evaika-manaso vṛttiḥ svābhāvikī tu yā || animittā bhāgavatī bhaktiḥ siddher garīyasī || [BhP 3.25.32] pūrvaṃ śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati [BhP 3.25.25] ity uktam | atra yadyapi rati-bhaktyor dvayor api tāratamya-mātra-bhedayoḥ prītitvam eva tathāpi prīty-atiśaya-lakṣaṇāyāṃ premākhyāyāṃ bhaktau tad atisphuṭaṃ syād iti kṛtvā bhakti-padena tām upādāya lakṣayati | arthaś cāyam - guṇa- liṅgānāṃ guṇa-trayopādhīnām | ānuśravikaṃ śruti-purāṇādigamyaṃ karmācaritaṃ yeṣāṃ te tathoktāḥ | teṣāṃ devānāṃ śrī-viṣṇu-brahma-śivānāṃ madhye sattve sānnidhya-mātreṇa sattva-guṇopakārake svarūpa-śakti-vṛtti- bhūta-śuddha-sattvātmake vā śrī-viṣṇau | etac copalakṣaṇam | śrī-bhagavad- ādy-anantāvirbhāveṣv ekasminn apīty arthaḥ | eva-kāreṇa netaratra na ca tatrāpi cetaratrāpi ca | eka-manasaḥ puruṣasya yā vṛttis tad-ānukūlyātmako jñāna-viśeṣaḥ | animittā phalābhisandhi-śūnyā | svābhāvikī svarasata eva viṣaya-saundaryād ayatnenaiva jāyamānā na ca balād āpādyamānā | sā bhāga-ghatī bhaktiḥ prītir ity arthaḥ | prīti-sambandhād evānyasyā bhakteḥ svābhāvikatvaṃ syāt | tasmād vṛtti-śabdena prītir evātra mukhyatvena grāhyeti | sā ca siddher mokṣād garīyasī iti | sālokya-sārṣṭi ity ādi śravaṇāt | ataeva jñāna-sādhyasyāpi tiraskāra-prasiddher jñāna-mātra- tiraskārārtha-siddher jñānād iti vyākhyānam asadṛśam | atra mokṣād garīyastvatvena tasyā vṛtter guṇātītatvaṃ tato'pi ghana-paramānandatvaṃ ca darśitam | || 3.25 || śrī-kapila-devaḥ || 61 ||

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Anuccheda 51

In this way the devotees pray to attain loving pastimes with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Pure (ekanti) devotees are of two kinds: 1. devotees whose love for the Lord is not yet born (ajata-priti) and 2. devotees who love for the Lord has been born (jata-priti). The jata-priti devotees are of three kinds: 1. the devotees in santa-rasa and other devotees like them whose contact with the Lord consists mainly of seeing Him, 2. the Lord's associates in the various rasas who directly see the Lord and also serve Him, and 3. the most important associates of the Lord. The ajata-priti devotees pray that they will attain love for the Lord. It is thr goal of their lives. Among the jata- priti devotees, the devotees in santa-rasa pray to see the Lord directly, but they do not pray to serve Him. They do not desire to serve Him. They are satisfied if the Lord will even only once mercifully glance on them. This is seen in the following description of Kardama Muni srimad-Bhagavatam 3.21.46):

nati-ksamam bhagavatah. . .

"His body shone most brilliantly. Though he had engaged in austere penance for a long time, he was not emaciated, for the Lord had cast His affectionate sidelong glance upon him and he had also heard the nectar flowing from the moonlike words of the Lord."

These devotees are not very eager or very determined to be always close to the Lord. However other devotees, the devotees who are the Lord's personal associates, yearn to love the Lord deeply. Yearning to serve the Lord in a particular way, they pray to stay near the Lord. Their prayer to attain loving pastimes with the Lord becomes stronger and stronger. That is the great virtue of these devotees. When, because they are very humble, they do not think they will ever become personal associates of the Lord, they still pray that their love for Him will never perish. That is their virtue. They pray that they will become free from the world of birth and death so they will attain personal association with the Lord. Still, they have not attained the stage of ecstatic love. These devotees have not yet attained the stage of ruci. That engaged in devotional service is the proper way to attain association with the Lord is confirmed by the Lord Himself in these words (srimad-Bhagavatam 11.20.33):

sarvam mad-bhakti-yogena. . .

"Everything is attained by serving Me with devotion. If somehow he desires them, My devotee easily atatins Svargaloka, liberation, or My own spiritual abode."

Even so, it is said in srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.13):

salokya-sarsti. . .

"A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation - salokya, sarsti, samipya, sarupya, or ekatva - even if they are offered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

This means that the devotees will never accept these kinds of liberation if by accepting them they will not be able to serve the Lord. However, if these kinds of liberation help them serve the Lord, then the devotees happily accept them. That is the meaning of these words of srimad-Bhagavatam. Sayujya liberation, where one becomes one with the Lord, is the only liberation the devotees will not accept. Filled with desires to serve the Lord in various ways, they happily accept sarupya liberation if that liberation helps their service. The eternal servants of the Lord in Vaikuntha are all devotees like this. In this world also are seen devotees who are like the Lord in some ways, devotees who are intelligent, youthful, princes, or who have forms in some ways like the Lord's. These devotees are praised by the people. Pure devotees have the attainment of love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the goal of their lives. Such devotees desire only to attain love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They have no other desire. They are engaged in devotional service. They crush the cycle of repeated birth and death. They never act sinfully. They are described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (3.25.32-38):

animitta bhagavati bhaktih siddher gariyasi

"When the service spirit is engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without any motive, that is far better even than salvation.

jarayaty asu ya kosam nigirnam analo yatha

"Bhakti, devotional service, dissolves the subtle body of the living entity without separate effort, just as fire in the stomach digests all that we eat.

naikatmatam me sprhayanti kecin mat-pada-sevabhirata mad-ihah ye 'nyonyato bhagavatah prasajya sabhajayante mama paurusani

"A pure devotee, who is attached to the activities of devotional service and who always engages in the service of My ltous feet, never desires to become one with Me. Such a devotee, who is unflinchingly engaged, always glorifies My pastimes and activities.

pasyanti te me rucirany amba santah prasanna-vaktraruna-locanani rupani divyani vara-pradani sakam vacam sprhaniyam vadanti

"O My mother, My devotees always see the smiling face of My form, with eyes like the rising morning sun. They like to see My various transcendental forms, which are all benevolent, and they also talk favorably with Me.

tair darsaniyavayavair udara- vilasa-haseksita-vama-suktaih hrtatmano hrta-pranams ca bhaktir anicchato me gatim anvim prayunkte

"Upon seeing the charming forms of the Lord, smiling and attractive, and hearing His very pleasing words, the pure devotee almost loses all other consciousness. His senses are freed from all other engagements, and he becomes absorbed in devotional service. Thus in spite of his unwillingness, he attains liberation without separate endeavor.

atho vibhutim mama mayavinas tam aisvaryam astangam anupravrttam sriyam bhagavatim vasprhayanti bhadram parasya me te 'snuvate tu loke

"Thus because he is completely absorbed in thought of Me, the devotee does not desire even the highest benediction obtainable in the upper plenateary systems, including Satyaloka. He does not desire the eight material perfections obtained from mystic yoga, nor does he desire to be elevated to the kingdom of God. Yet even without desiring them, the devotee enjoys, even in this life, all the offered benedictions.

na karhicin mat-parah santa-rupe nanksyanti no me 'nimiso ledhi hetih yesam aham priya atma sutas ca sakha guruh suhrdo daivam istam

"The Lord continued: My dear mother, devotees who receive such transcendental opulences are never bereft of them. Neither weapons nor the change of time can destroy such opulences. Because the devotees accept Me as their friend, their relative, their son, preceptor, benefactor, and Supreme Deity, they cannot be deprived of their possessions at any time."

In these verses the word "anmvim" means the difficult to understand attainment of being a personal associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead". The pure devotees are like a person determined to perform a yajna (kratu- nyaya). Attainment of love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only goal of their lives. This is described in the following words of the Chandogya Upanisad (3.14.1):

yatha kratur asmil loke puruso bhavati tathetah pretya bhavati

"According to the way he is determined to worship the Supreme Lord in this life, a person attains an appropriate reward after death."

Here the commentator says:

"Here the word `kratu' means `determination."

It is said in the Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad (4.4.5):

sa yatha-kamo bhavati tat-kratur bhavati. yat-kratur bhavati tat- karma kurute. yat karma kurute tad abhisampadyate.

"As a person desires, so he becomes determined to act. As he is determined, so he acts. As he acts, so he reaps the result."

It is also said in the scriptures:

yad yatha yathopasate tad eva bhavanti

"As one worships the Lord, so he attains an appropriate reward."

The Supreme Personality of Godhead promises (Bhagavad-gita 4.11):

ya yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham

"All of them - as they surrender unto Me - I reward accordingly."

In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana the Supreme Personality of Godhead again promises:

yadi mam praptum icchanti prapnuvanty eva nanyatha

"If one desires to attain Me, he will attain Me. It is not otherwise."

This spiritual goal was also attained by the gopis of Vraja. They attained personal association with the Lord. This has already been discussed in sri Krsna-sandarbha, where these words spoken to the gopis by Lord Krsna were quoted (srimad-Bhagavatam (10.82.44):

mayi bhaktir hi bhutanam amrtatvaya kalpate distya yad asin mat-sneho bhavatinam mad-apanah

"The means of attaining My favor is loving service unto Me, and fortunately you are all thus engaged. Those living beings who render service unto Me are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world and attain eternal life with knowledge and bliss."

Srila Jiva Gosvami's

Sri Priti-sandarbha

"The means of attaining My favor is loving service unto Me, and fortunately you are all thus engaged. Those living beings who render service unto Me are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world and attain eternal life with knowledge and bliss."

Many other passages from scripture could also be quoted to prove this truth. Lord Krsna personally accepted the gopis as His dear personal associates. He said to them (srimad-Bhagavatam 10.22.25-26):

sankalpo vidhita sadhvyo bhavatinam mad-arcanam mayanumoditah so 'sau satyo bhavitum arhati

na mayy avesita-dhiyam kamah kamaya kalpate bharjita kvathita dhanah prayo bijaya nesate

"My dear well-behaved girls, I know of your desire for Me and why you worship Goddess Katyayani and I completely approve of your action. Anyone whose full consciousness is always absorbed in Me, even if in lust, is elevated. As a fried seed cannot fructify, so any desire in connection with My loving service cannot produce any fruitive result, as in ordinary karma."

This verse means: "I know of your desire (bhvatinam sankalpo viditah) to worship Me as Your husband (mad-arcanam) and I approve of it (anumoditah). It is right (satyah) that you always worship Me in this way. You deeply love Me. You have no ulterior motive." The words: "na mayy avesita-dhiyam kamah kamaya kalpate" may mean either Persons who have an ulterior motive cannot be always absorbed in Me" or they may mean: "Devotees like you, who are always absorbed in worshiping Me, never have any ulterior motive." However, the first of these interpetation is refuted by the passage beginning with the word "bharjitah". The word "prayah" here is used in the sense of making a supposition. The words "bharjita kvathita dhanah prayo bijaya nesate" here mean: "As a ball of fried barley seeds cannot fructify, so any desire in connection with My loving service cannot produce any fruitive result, as in ordinary karma." Here Lord Krsna says: "Therefore your worship of Me brings the highest result." That is the meaning. According to their own experience, the devotees in santa- rasa may assume that the glory of this kind of pure love will bring a peaceful condition of life. However, it is sometimes seen that the devotees' love for Lord Krsna does not bring a peaceful condition. An example of this lack of peace is seen in these words of the gopis, who yearn to taste the nectar of Lord Krsna's lips (srimad-Bhagavatam (10.31.14):

surata-vardhanam. . .

"O hero of charity, please deliver unto us the nectar of Your lips. That nectar increases lusty desires for enjoyment and diminishes lamentation in the material world. Kindly give us the nectar of Your lips, which are touched by Your transcendentally vibrating flute, for that nectar makes all human beings forget all other attachments."

srimad-Bhagavatam 10.22.25-26) quoted in this anuccheda was spoken by Lord Krsna to the gopis.