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Prīti · Sanskrit §73–74 · English §64

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[७३] तस्मात् केवल-तन्-माधुर्य-तात्पर्यत्वेनैव प्रीतित्वे सिद्धे तात्पर्यान्तरादौ सति प्रीतेर् अस्मयग्-आविर्भाव इति सिद्धम् । स च द्विविधः । तद्-आभासस्यैवोदयः ईषद्-उद्गमश् च । अन्त्यश् च द्विविधः । कदाचिद् उद्भवत्-तच्-छवि-मात्रत्वं तस्या एवोदयावस्था च । तत्र यत्रान्य- तात्पर्यं तत्र तद्-आभासत्वम् । यत्र प्रीति-तात्पर्याभावस् तत्र कदाचिद् उद्भवत्-तच्- (पगे ४१) -छवि-मात्रत्वम् । यत्र तत्-तात्पर्यम् अन्यासङ्गस् तु दैवात् तत्र तस्या उदयावस्था च । अन्यासङ्गस्य गौणत्वम् । तच् च द्विविधम् । नष्ट-प्रायत्वम् आभास-मात्रत्वं च । तयोः पूर्वत्र तस्याः प्रथमोदयावस्था । उत्तरत्र प्रकटोदयावस्था । तस्मात् प्रथमोदय- पर्यन्त एवासम्यग्-आविर्भावः । प्रकटोदयस्य तु सम्यक्त्वम् एव । यत्र त्व् अन्यासङ्ग एव न विद्यते तत्र दर्शित-प्रभाव-नामान आविर्भावा ज्ञेयाः । तत्र प्रकटोदयम् आरभ्यैव भक्त्य्-आरब्धेऽपवर्गे जीवन्- मुक्ताः । प्राप्तायां भगवत्-पार्षदतायां परमम् उक्ताः । नित्य-पार्षदास् तु नित्य-मुक्ता ज्ञेयाः । तत्राभासम् आह- एवं हरौ भगवति प्रतिलब्ध-भावो भक्त्या द्रवद्-धृदय उत्पुलकः प्रमोदात् । औत्कण्ठ्य-बाष्प-कलया मुहुर् अर्द्यमानस् तच् चापि चित्त-बडिशं शनकैर् वियुङ्क्ते ॥ [भ्प् ३.२८.३४] एवं पूर्वोक्त-योग-मिश्र-भक्त्य्-अनुष्ठानेन हरौ प्रतिलब्ध-भावो भवति । तत्र लिङ्गं भक्तेत्यादि । भक्त्या स्मरणादिना अपि एवम् अपि लब्ध- ध्येय-मधुरत्वस्य भावेन तादृशतापन्नं तस्य चित्तं शनकैर् वियुङ्क्ते विमुक्तम् अपि भवति । येन योगाङ्गतया भक्तिर् अनुष्ठिता, तस्मात् कैवल्येच्छा-कैतव्-दोषाद् एवेति भावः । यथोक्तं -धर्मः प्रोज्झितः कैतवोऽत्र परमः [भ्प् १.१.२] इत्य् अत्र प्र-शब्देन मोक्षाभिसन्धिर् अपि कैतवम् इति । अतएव बडिश-शब्देन काठिन्यम् अरसवित्त्वं दाम्भिकत्वं स्वार्थ-मात्र-साधनत्वं च व्यञ्जितम् । शुद्ध-भक्तास् तु न कदाचित् तया तं ध्येयं त्यजन्ति । यथोक्तं राज्ञा - धौतात्मा पुरुषः कृष्ण- पाद-मूलं न मुञ्चति । मुक्त-सर्व-परिक्लेशः पान्थः स्व-शरणं यथा ॥ [भ्प् २.८.६] इति । श्री-नारदेन च- न वै जनो जातु कथञ्चनाव्रजेन् मुकुन्द-सेव्य् अन्यवद् अङ्ग संसृतिम् । स्मरन् मुकुन्दाङ्घ्र्य्-उपगूहनं पुनर् विहातुम् इच्छेन् न रस-ग्रहो जनः ॥ [भ्प् १.५.१९] इति । यो रस-ग्रहः स तु न त्यजतीत्य् अनेनान्येषां लौह-पाषाणादि-तुल्यत्वं सूचितम् । न तु भगवान् अपि ततोऽन्यथा कुर्यात् । यद् उक्तं श्री-ब्रह्मणा - भक्त्या गृहीत-चरणः परया च तेषां नापैषि नाथ हृदयाम्बुरुहात् स्व-पुंसाम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.९.५] इति । अतएव पूर्वत्र स्व-पुंसाम् इत्य् अत्र स्वेति विशेषणम् । तद् एवम् आभासोदाहरणे श्री-कपिल-देवस्यैव वाक्यं भक्त्या पुमान् जात-विरागः [भ्प् ३.२५.२६] इत्य् आदिकम् अपि ज्ञेयम् । तथा हि, अस्य पूर्वत्र श्रद्धा रतिर् भक्तिर् अनुक्रमिष्यति [भ्प् ३.२५.२५] इति भक्ति-मात्रं दर्शितम् । उत्तरत्र तस्या लक्षणे पृष्टे तल्-लक्षणं वदतानेन भक्तिर् सिद्धेर् गरीयसी [भ्प् ३.२५.३२] इति । नैकात्मतां मे स्पृहयन्ति केचिद् [भ्प् ३.२५.३४] इति च मोक्ष- निरपेक्षतयैव तस्य मुख्याभिधेयत्वम् उक्तम् । जरयत्य् आशु या कोषम् [भ्प् ३.३५.३३] इति च माया-कोष-ध्वंसनस्य तु तद्-आनुषङ्गिक-गुणत्वम् उक्तम् । अत्र भक्त्या पुमान् इत्य् आदौ तु तादृश्या अपि तस्या भक्तेर् ज्ञानादि- साहाय्येनैव मोक्ष-मात्र-साधकत्वम् उक्त्वा गौणाभिधेयत्वम् उक्तम् । तस्माद् अत्रापि तस्याः (पगे ४२) भक्तेर् आभास एव प्रथमतो दर्शितः । एवं दृष्ट्वा तम् अवनौ सर्व ईक्षणाह्लाद-विक्लवाः । दण्डवत् पतिता राजæ छनैर् उत्थाय तुष्टुवुः ॥ [भ्प् ६.९.३] इत्य् अत्रापि वृत्राख्य-शत्रु-नाश-स्वाराज्य-प्राप्ति-तात्पर्यवतां देवानां भक्त्य्-आभासत्वम् उदाहार्यम् । ॥ ६.९ ॥ श्री-कपिल-देवः ॥ ७३ ॥ [७४] अथ कदाचिद् उद्भवत्-तच्-छवि-मात्रत्वम् आह- सकृन् मनः कृष्ण-पदारविन्दयोर् निवेशितं तद्-गुण-रागि यैर् इह । न ते यमं पाश-भृतश् च तद्-भटान् स्वप्ने ऽपि पश्यन्ति हि चीर्ण-निष्कृताः ॥ [भ्प् ६.१.१९] रागो रञ्जन-मात्रम्, न तु तद्-गुण-माधुरी-याथार्थ्य-ज्ञानेन साक्षात् प्रीतिः । अतएव तत्र तात्पर्याभावात् सकृद् अपीत्य् उक्तम् । तथाप्य् अस्त्य् अजामिलादिभ्यो विशेष इत्य् आह न ते यमम् इत्य् आदि । ॥ ६.१ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ७४ ॥

[73] tasmāt kevala-tan-mādhurya-tātparyatvenaiva prītitve siddhe tātparyāntarādau sati prīter asmayag-āvirbhāva iti siddham | sa ca dvividhaḥ | tad-ābhāsasyaivodayaḥ īṣad-udgamaś ca | antyaś ca dvividhaḥ | kadācid udbhavat-tac-chavi-mātratvaṃ tasyā evodayāvasthā ca | tatra yatrānya- tātparyaṃ tatra tad-ābhāsatvam | yatra prīti-tātparyābhāvas tatra kadācid udbhavat-tac- (page 41) -chavi-mātratvam | yatra tat-tātparyam anyāsaṅgas tu daivāt tatra tasyā udayāvasthā ca | anyāsaṅgasya gauṇatvam | tac ca dvividham | naṣṭa-prāyatvam ābhāsa-mātratvaṃ ca | tayoḥ pūrvatra tasyāḥ prathamodayāvasthā | uttaratra prakaṭodayāvasthā | tasmāt prathamodaya- paryanta evāsamyag-āvirbhāvaḥ | prakaṭodayasya tu samyaktvam eva | yatra tv anyāsaṅga eva na vidyate tatra darśita-prabhāva-nāmāna āvirbhāvā jñeyāḥ | tatra prakaṭodayam ārabhyaiva bhakty-ārabdhe'pavarge jīvan- muktāḥ | prāptāyāṃ bhagavat-pārṣadatāyāṃ paramam uktāḥ | nitya-pārṣadās tu nitya-muktā jñeyāḥ | tatrābhāsam āha- evaṃ harau bhagavati pratilabdha-bhāvo bhaktyā dravad-dhṛdaya utpulakaḥ pramodāt | autkaṇṭhya-bāṣpa-kalayā muhur ardyamānas tac cāpi citta-baḍiśaṃ śanakair viyuṅkte || [BhP 3.28.34] evaṃ pūrvokta-yoga-miśra-bhakty-anuṣṭhānena harau pratilabdha-bhāvo bhavati | tatra liṅgaṃ bhaktetyādi | bhaktyā smaraṇādinā api evam api labdha- dhyeya-madhuratvasya bhāvena tādṛśatāpannaṃ tasya cittaṃ śanakair viyuṅkte vimuktam api bhavati | yena yogāṅgatayā bhaktir anuṣṭhitā, tasmāt kaivalyecchā-kaitav-doṣād eveti bhāvaḥ | yathoktaṃ -dharmaḥ projjhitaḥ kaitavo'tra paramaḥ [BhP 1.1.2] ity atra pra-śabdena mokṣābhisandhir api kaitavam iti | ataeva baḍiśa-śabdena kāṭhinyam arasavittvaṃ dāmbhikatvaṃ svārtha-mātra-sādhanatvaṃ ca vyañjitam | śuddha-bhaktās tu na kadācit tayā taṃ dhyeyaṃ tyajanti | yathoktaṃ rājñā - dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa- pāda-mūlaṃ na muñcati | mukta-sarva-parikleśaḥ pānthaḥ sva-śaraṇaṃ yathā || [BhP 2.8.6] iti | śrī-nāradena ca- na vai jano jātu kathañcanāvrajen mukunda-sevy anyavad aṅga saṃsṛtim | smaran mukundāṅghry-upagūhanaṃ punar vihātum icchen na rasa-graho janaḥ || [BhP 1.5.19] iti | yo rasa-grahaḥ sa tu na tyajatīty anenānyeṣāṃ lauha-pāṣāṇādi-tulyatvaṃ sūcitam | na tu bhagavān api tato'nyathā kuryāt | yad uktaṃ śrī-brahmaṇā - bhaktyā gṛhīta-caraṇaḥ parayā ca teṣāṃ nāpaiṣi nātha hṛdayāmburuhāt sva-puṃsām || [BhP 3.9.5] iti | ataeva pūrvatra sva-puṃsām ity atra sveti viśeṣaṇam | tad evam ābhāsodāharaṇe śrī-kapila-devasyaiva vākyaṃ bhaktyā pumān jāta-virāgaḥ [BhP 3.25.26] ity ādikam api jñeyam | tathā hi, asya pūrvatra śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati [BhP 3.25.25] iti bhakti-mātraṃ darśitam | uttaratra tasyā lakṣaṇe pṛṣṭe tal-lakṣaṇaṃ vadatānena bhaktir siddher garīyasī [BhP 3.25.32] iti | naikātmatāṃ me spṛhayanti kecid [BhP 3.25.34] iti ca mokṣa- nirapekṣatayaiva tasya mukhyābhidheyatvam uktam | jarayaty āśu yā koṣam [BhP 3.35.33] iti ca māyā-koṣa-dhvaṃsanasya tu tad-ānuṣaṅgika-guṇatvam uktam | atra bhaktyā pumān ity ādau tu tādṛśyā api tasyā bhakter jñānādi- sāhāyyenaiva mokṣa-mātra-sādhakatvam uktvā gauṇābhidheyatvam uktam | tasmād atrāpi tasyāḥ (page 42) bhakter ābhāsa eva prathamato darśitaḥ | evaṃ dṛṣṭvā tam avanau sarva īkṣaṇāhlāda-viklavāḥ | daṇḍavat patitā rājaæ chanair utthāya tuṣṭuvuḥ || [BhP 6.9.3] ity atrāpi vṛtrākhya-śatru-nāśa-svārājya-prāpti-tātparyavatāṃ devānāṃ bhakty-ābhāsatvam udāhāryam | || 6.9 || śrī-kapila-devaḥ || 73 || [74] atha kadācid udbhavat-tac-chavi-mātratvam āha- sakṛn manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor niveśitaṃ tad-guṇa-rāgi yair iha | na te yamaṃ pāśa-bhṛtaś ca tad-bhaṭān svapne 'pi paśyanti hi cīrṇa-niṣkṛtāḥ || [BhP 6.1.19] rāgo rañjana-mātram, na tu tad-guṇa-mādhurī-yāthārthya-jñānena sākṣāt prītiḥ | ataeva tatra tātparyābhāvāt sakṛd apīty uktam | tathāpy asty ajāmilādibhyo viśeṣa ity āha na te yamam ity ādi | || 6.1 || śrī-śukaḥ || 74 ||

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Anuccheda 64

That the devotees are the best of all persons is confirmed by these words spoken by Lord Krsna to Uddhava (srimad-Bhagavatam 11.14.15):

na tatha me priyatama atma-yonir na sankarah na ca sankarsano na srir naivatma ca yatha bhavan

"My dear Uddhava, neither Brahma, siva, Sankarsana, Laksmi-devi, nor My own self are as dear to Me as you."

In this verse Lord Krsna says: "My dear Uddhava, because you are My devotee you are very dear to Me (yatha me priyatamah). Brahma is not more dear merely because he is M<y son. Nor is Siva more dear merely because hew is a guna-avatara. Nor is Sankarsana more dear because He is My brother. Nor is Laksmi-devi more dear because she is My wife. Nor is My own self more dear because I am filled with intense transcendental bliss."

This verse was spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Prīti · Sanskrit §75 · English §65

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[७५] अथ प्रथ्मोदयावस्थाम् आह- यत्रानुरक्ताः सहसैव धीरा व्यपोह्य देहादिषु सङ्गम् ऊढम् । व्रजन्ति तत् पारम-हंस्यम् अन्त्यं यस्मिन्न् अहिंसोपशमः स्व-धर्मः ॥ [भ्प् १.१८.२२] अन्त्यं पारमहंस्यं भागवत-परमहंसत्वम् । तस्यानुषङ्गिको गुणः यस्मिन्न् इति । ॥ १.१८ ॥ श्री-सूतः ॥ ७५ ॥

[75] atha prathmodayāvasthām āha- yatrānuraktāḥ sahasaiva dhīrā vyapohya dehādiṣu saṅgam ūḍham | vrajanti tat pārama-haṃsyam antyaṃ yasminn ahiṃsopaśamaḥ sva-dharmaḥ || [BhP 1.18.22] antyaṃ pāramahaṃsyaṃ bhāgavata-paramahaṃsatvam | tasyānuṣaṅgiko guṇaḥ yasminn iti | || 1.18 || śrī-sūtaḥ || 75 ||

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English witness · section(s) 65

Anuccheda 65

In the sruti-sastra it is said:

bhaktir evaitam nayati. bhaktir evaitam darsayati. bhakti- vasah puruso bhaktir eva bhuyasi.

"Devotional service leads one to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Devotional service enables one to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is conquered by devotional service. Devotional service is more powerful than the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

From this it may be understood that devotional service makes the Supreme Personality of Godhead wild with bliss. What is the nature of devotional service? Devotional service is not like the joy of the material mode of goodness measurede by the sankhya philosophers, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always self-satisfied and the sruti-sastras affirm that He is never conquered by His maya potency. Devotional service is not like the joy of the impersonal Brahman known by the impersonalists, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very different from the false idea the impersonalists have of Him. Devotional service is not like the happinesses felt by the conditioned souls, for those happinesses are very small and pathetic. It is said in the Visnu Purana (1.12.69):

hladini sandini samvit tvayy eka sarva-samsthitau hlada-tapa-kari misra tvayi no guna-varjite

"O Lord, You are the support of everything. The three attributes hladini, sandhini, and samvit exist in You as one spiritual energy. But the material modes, which cause happiness, misery, and mixtures of the two, do not exist in You, for You have no material qualities."

This passage of Visnu Purana affirms that the potency named hladini is the internal potency (svarupa-sakti) that brings bliss to the Lord. It is by the agency of this potency that the Lord feels bliss. It is by the agency of this potency that the Lord gives bliss to others. Here someone may say: "I doubt that devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always most glorious and blissful." To answer this doubt much evidence (pramana) from scripture (sruty-artha), negative inference (anyathanupapatti), and inference (arthapatti) may be given, evidence clearly proving that love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavat-priti) brings to the devotees the greatest bliss, bliss brought by the hladini sakti (pleasure potency of the Lord). Seeing the devotees' devotion, the Supreme Lord also feels great priti (love) for the devotees. In this way the Lord and the devotees feel blissful love for each other. The Supreme Lord Hismelf describes this in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.38):

sadhavo hrdayam mahyam sadhunam hrdayam tv aham mad-anyat te na jananti naham tebhyo manag api

"The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anything else but them."

In this verse the word "mahyam" means "of Me". The Lord and the devotee both feel the same emotion of love. They have become equal in love. The seed of this truth is revealed here in the words beginning with "mad-anyat". As an iron rod placed into a fire becomes like fire, in the same way the devotee becomes like the Supreme Lord. In this sense the devotee is not different from the Lord. That is the meaning. The srimad-Bhagavatam verse quoted in this anuccheda was spoken by Lord Vissnu to Durvasa Muni.

Prīti · Sanskrit §76 · English §66

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[७६] प्रकटोदयावस्थां श्री-प्रियव्रतम् अधिकृत्याह - प्रियव्रतो भागवतआत्मारामः कथं मुने । गृहे ऽरमत यन्-मूलः कर्म-बन्धः पराभवः ॥ [भ्प् ५.१.१] इत्य् आदेः । संशयो ऽयं महान् ब्रह्मन् दारागार-सुतादिषु । सक्तस्य यत् सिद्धिर् अभूत् कृष्णे च मतिर् अच्युता ॥ [भ्प् ५.१.४] इत्य् अन्त्यस्य राज-प्रश्नस्यानन्तरेण गद्येन - बाढम् उक्तं भगवत उत्तमश्लोकस्य श्रीमच्-चरणारविन्द-मकरन्द- रस आवेशित-चेतसो भागवत-परमहंस-दयित-कथां किञ्चिद् अन्तराय- विहतां स्वां शिवतमां पदवीं न प्रायेण हिन्वन्ति [भ्प् ५.१.५] इति । टीका च-अङ्गीकृत्य परिहरति बाढम् इति । बाढम् अभिनिवेशादिकं नास्तीति सत्यम् एव तथापि विघ्न-वशेन तेषां प्रवृत्तिः पूर्वाभ्यास-बलेन पुनर् निवृत्तिश् च सङ्गच्छत इत्य् आह भगवत इत्य् आदिका । अतएवोक्तं पृथुं प्रति श्री-विष्णुना । दृष्टासु सम्पत्सु विपत्सु सूरयो; न विक्रियन्ते मयि बद्ध-सौहृदाः [भ्प् ४.२०.२१] इति । अगस्त्यस्य चेन्द्रद्युम्ने स्वावमाननया न कोपः । किन्तु वैष्णवोचित-महद्-आदर-चर्यायाः परित्यागे शिक्षार्थम् एव मन्तव्यः । तयोर् अनुग्रहार्थाय शापं दास्यन्न् इदं जगौ [भ्प् १०.१०.७] इतिवत् । अथ परीक्षितो ब्राह्मणावमानना तु श्री-कृष्णस्य तद्-व्याजेन स्व-पार्श्व- नयनेच्छात् एव । तस्यैव मे ऽघस्य परावरेशो व्यासक्त-चित्तस्य गृहेष्व् अभीक्ष्णम् । निर्वेद-मूलो द्विज-शाप-रूपो यत्र प्रसक्तो भयम् आशु धत्ते ॥ [भ्प् १.१९.१४] इति तद्-उक्तेः । एवम् अन्यत्रापि योजनीयम् । तस्माच् छ्री-प्रियव्रतस्यापि अभिनिवेशाद्य्- आसङ्गाभासत्वम् एवायातम् । तद् अपि दुःखदम् एव तद्-विधानाम् इति चाग्रे तन्-निर्वेदेन दर्शयिष्यते अहो असाध्व् अनुष्ठितम् [भ्प् ५.१.३७] इत्य् आदिना । ॥ ५.१ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ७६ ॥

[76] prakaṭodayāvasthāṃ śrī-priyavratam adhikṛtyāha - priyavrato bhāgavataātmārāmaḥ kathaṃ mune | gṛhe 'ramata yan-mūlaḥ karma-bandhaḥ parābhavaḥ || [BhP 5.1.1] ity ādeḥ | saṃśayo 'yaṃ mahān brahman dārāgāra-sutādiṣu | saktasya yat siddhir abhūt kṛṣṇe ca matir acyutā || [BhP 5.1.4] ity antyasya rāja-praśnasyānantareṇa gadyena - bāḍham uktaṃ bhagavata uttamaślokasya śrīmac-caraṇāravinda-makaranda- rasa āveśita-cetaso bhāgavata-paramahaṃsa-dayita-kathāṃ kiñcid antarāya- vihatāṃ svāṃ śivatamāṃ padavīṃ na prāyeṇa hinvanti [BhP 5.1.5] iti | ṭīkā ca-aṅgīkṛtya pariharati bāḍham iti | bāḍham abhiniveśādikaṃ nāstīti satyam eva tathāpi vighna-vaśena teṣāṃ pravṛttiḥ pūrvābhyāsa-balena punar nivṛttiś ca saṅgacchata ity āha bhagavata ity ādikā | ataevoktaṃ pṛthuṃ prati śrī-viṣṇunā | dṛṣṭāsu sampatsu vipatsu sūrayo; na vikriyante mayi baddha-sauhṛdāḥ [BhP 4.20.21] iti | agastyasya cendradyumne svāvamānanayā na kopaḥ | kintu vaiṣṇavocita-mahad-ādara-caryāyāḥ parityāge śikṣārtham eva mantavyaḥ | tayor anugrahārthāya śāpaṃ dāsyann idaṃ jagau [BhP 10.10.7] itivat | atha parīkṣito brāhmaṇāvamānanā tu śrī-kṛṣṇasya tad-vyājena sva-pārśva- nayanecchāt eva | tasyaiva me 'ghasya parāvareśo vyāsakta-cittasya gṛheṣv abhīkṣṇam | nirveda-mūlo dvija-śāpa-rūpo yatra prasakto bhayam āśu dhatte || [BhP 1.19.14] iti tad-ukteḥ | evam anyatrāpi yojanīyam | tasmāc chrī-priyavratasyāpi abhiniveśādy- āsaṅgābhāsatvam evāyātam | tad api duḥkhadam eva tad-vidhānām iti cāgre tan-nirvedena darśayiṣyate aho asādhv anuṣṭhitam [BhP 5.1.37] ity ādinā | || 5.1 || śrī-śukaḥ || 76 ||

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Anuccheda 66

The Lord is conquered by the devotee and the devotee is conquered by the Lord. This is seen in the following words of srimad-Bhagavatam (6.16.34):

ajita jita sama-matibhih sadhubhir bhavan jitatmabhir bhavata vijitas te 'pi ca bhajatam akamatmanam ya atma-do 'ti-karunah

"O unconquerable Lord, although You cannot be conquered by anyone, You are certainly conquered by devotees who have control of the mind and senses. They can keep You under their control because You are causelessly merciful to devotees who desire no material profit from You. Indeed, You give Yourself to them, and because of this You have full control over Your devotees."

sridhara Svami comments on this verse:

"In this verse the word `ajita' means `O Lord who are never conquered by anyone', `bhavan sadhubhir jitah' means `Even though You are supremely independent, You are conquered by Your devotees'. This is so because `bhavan ati- karunah' (You are very merciful). Here it is said: `Although the devotees (te 'pi) do not desire to attain anything from You, they are still conquered (vijitah) by You (bhavata). To the devotees who have no material motive (akamatmanam) You give Yourself.' "

With His own graceful mouth the Supreme Lord spoke these words to Prahlada Maharaja (Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya 14.27-30):

sabhayam sambhramam vatsa mad-gaurava-krtam tyaja naisa priyo me bhaktesu svadhina-pranayi bhava

"Child, please renounce this awe and veneration. I do not like those things in My devotees. Show your love for Me spontaneously, as you wish.

api me purna-kamasya navam navam idam priyam nihsanka-pranayad bhakto yan mam pasyati bhasate

"Although My every desire is always fulfilled, My devotee's love brings Me newer and newer pleasure. Because of his unwavering love, a devotee may see Me and converse with Me.

sada mukto 'pi baddho 'smi bhaktesu sneha-rajjubhih ajito 'pi jito 'ham tair avasyo 'pi vasi-krtah

"Although I am always unbound, I am bound to My devotees with ropes of love. Although I am unconquered, i am conquered by My devotees. Although I am supremely independent, I am controlled by them.

tyakta-bandhu-jana-sneho mayi yah kurute ratim ekas tasyasmi sa ca me na canyo 'sty avayoh suhrt

"If someone renounces all love for his friends and kin and loves only Me, then I become his property. He and I are affectionate friends. No one else is a friend like him."

From this it may be said that love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead (bhagavat-priti) is not within the realm of the illusory potency maya. Here someone may ask: Then what is that love?" The answer is given: That love is manifest from the bliss of the Lord's internal spiritual potency. Indeed, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself is conquered by that spiritual bliss of His internal potency. This is described in the following words of sri Gopala-tapani Upanisad (1.17):

vijnana-ghana ananda-ghanah sac-cid-anandaika-rase bhakti-yoge tisthati

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is full of spiritual knowledge and bliss, is manifest when devotional service, which is itself filled with the nectar of spiritual knowledge and bliss, is performed."

The srimad-Bhagavatam quoted in the beginning of this anuccheda was spoken by Maharaja Citraketu to Lord Sankarsana.

Prīti · Sanskrit §77 · English §67

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[७७] प्रकटोदयावस्थायाश् चिह्नान्तरम् आह- स उत्तम-श्लोक-पदारविन्दयोर् निषेवयाकिञ्चन-सङ्ग-लब्धया । तन्वन् परां निर्वृतिम् आत्मनो मुहुर् दुःसङ्ग-दीनस्य मनः शमं व्यधात् ॥ [भ्प् ७.४.४२] (पगे ४३) टीका च-आत्मनः परा निर्वृतिं तन्वन् दुःसङ्ग-दीनस्य अपि मनः शमं शान्तं व्यधायि इत्य् एषा । शमं स्व-मनसस् तुल्यम् इति वा व्याख्येयम् । ॥ ७.४ ॥ श्री-नारदो युधिष्ठिरं प्रति ॥ ७७ ॥

[77] prakaṭodayāvasthāyāś cihnāntaram āha- sa uttama-śloka-padāravindayor niṣevayākiñcana-saṅga-labdhayā | tanvan parāṃ nirvṛtim ātmano muhur duḥsaṅga-dīnasya manaḥ śamaṃ vyadhāt || [BhP 7.4.42] (page 43) ṭīkā ca-ātmanaḥ parā nirvṛtiṃ tanvan duḥsaṅga-dīnasya api manaḥ śamaṃ śāntaṃ vyadhāyi ity eṣā | śamaṃ sva-manasas tulyam iti vā vyākhyeyam | || 7.4 || śrī-nārado yudhiṣṭhiraṃ prati || 77 ||

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Anuccheda 67

In this way the primary characteristics of loving devotion to the Lord are described. The secondary characteristics (external symptoms) of that devotion are described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (11.3.31):

smaratah smarayantas ca mitho 'ghaugha-haram harim bhaktya sanjataya bhaktya bibhraty utpulakam tanum

"With great devotion meditating on and reminding each other of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who washes away a flood of sins, the devotees find the hairs of their bodies stand erect in the ecstasy of devotion that awakens within them."

The meaning of this verse is clear. This verse was spoken by sri Prabuddha to Maharaja Nimi.

Prīti · Sanskrit §78 · English §68

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[७८] अथ दर्शित-प्रभावास् तद्-आविर्भावास् तु श्री-शुक-देवादिषु द्रष्टव्याः । यथा च श्री-नारद-पञ्चरात्रे - भावोन्मत्तो हरेः किञ्चिन् न वेद सुखम् आत्मनः । दुःखं चेति महेशानि परमानन्द आप्लुतः ॥ इति । तद् एवं सभेदा प्रीत्याख्या भक्तिर् दर्शिता । एषा श्री-गीतोपनिषत्सु च स्वरूप-द्वारा गुण-द्वारा च कथिता- अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते । इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भाव-समन्विताः ॥ मच्-चित्ता मद्-गत-प्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् । कथयन्तश् च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥ [गीता १०.८-९] इति । अथ श्री-भगवत्-प्रीति-लक्षण-वाक्यानां निष्कर्षः । निखिल-परमानन्द- चन्द्रिका-चन्द्रमसि सकल-भुवन-सौभाग्य-सार-सर्वस्व-सत्त्व- गुणोपजीव्यानन्त-विलास-मयामायिक-विशुद्ध-सत्त्वानवरतोल्लासाद् असमोर्ध्व-मधुरे श्री-भगवति कथम् अपि चित्तावताराद् अनपेक्षित- विधिः स्वरसत एव समुल्लसन्ती विषयान्तरैर् अनवच्छेद्या तात्पर्यान्तरम् असहमाना ह्लादिनी-सार-वृत्ति-विशेष-स्वरूप भगवद्-आनुकूल्यात्मक-तद्- अनुगत-तत्-स्पृहादि-मय-ज्ञान-विशेषाकारा तादृश-भक्त-मनो-वृत्ति-विशेष- देहा पीयूष-पूरतोऽपि सरसेन स्वेनैव स्व-देहं सरसयन्ती भक्त- कृतात्म-रहस्य-सङ्गोपनन-गुण-मय-रसना-बाष्प-मुक्तादि-व्यक्त- परिष्कारा सर्व-गुणैक-निधान-स्वभावा दासीकृताशेष-पुरुषार्थ- सम्पत्तिका भगवत्-पातिव्रत्य-व्रत-वर्या-पर्याकुला भगवन्- मनोहरणैकोपाय-हारि-रूपा भगवति भागवती प्रीतिस् तम् उपसेवमाना विराजत इति । सेयम् अखण्डापि निजालम्बनस्य भगवत आविर्भाव- तारतम्येन स्वयं तारतम्येनैवाविर्भवति । तद् एवं सति श्री-कृष्णस्यैव स्वयं-भगवत्त्वेन तत्-सन्दर्भे दर्शितत्वात् तत्रैव तस्या परा प्रतिष्ठिता । अतएव बाहुल्येन तत्-प्रीति-परिपाटीम् एवाधिकृत्य प्रक्रिया दर्शयितव्या । या च क्वचिद् अन्याधिकर्तव्या सा खलु कैमुत्येन तस्या एव पोषणार्थं ज्ञेया । अथ श्री-कृष्णे स्वयं भगवत्य् एवाविर्भाव-पूर्णत्व-दर्शनेन तस्याः पूर्णत्वं दर्शयति- अद्य नो जन्म-साफल्यं विद्यायास् तपसो दृशः । त्वया सङ्गम्य सद्-गत्या यद् अन्तः श्रेयसां परः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८४.२१] सतां त्वद्-एक-निष्ठानां तद्-विशेषाणां गत्या त्वया श्री-कृष्णआख्येन सङ्गम्य नोऽस्माकं वशिष्ठ-चतुः-सन-वामदेव-मार्कण्डेय-नारद- कृष्ण-द्वैपायनादीनां ब्रह्मानुभवतां भगवदीय-नाना-भक्ति-रस- विदां दृष्ट-नाना-भगवद्-आविर्भावानाम् अपि अद्य ईदृश- प्राकट्यावच्छिन्नेऽस्मिन्न् एवावसरे जन्मनः साफल्यं जातम् । यद् एव साफल्यं पूर्व-लब्धानां तत्-तद्-आविर्भाव-जात-तत्-तत्-साफल्य-रूपाणां श्रेयसां परम-पुरुषार्थानां परोऽन्तरः परमोऽवधिर् इति । ॥ १०.८४ ॥ महा-मुनयः श्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ ७८ ॥ (पगे ४४)

[78] atha darśita-prabhāvās tad-āvirbhāvās tu śrī-śuka-devādiṣu draṣṭavyāḥ | yathā ca śrī-nārada-pañcarātre - bhāvonmatto hareḥ kiñcin na veda sukham ātmanaḥ | duḥkhaṃ ceti maheśāni paramānanda āplutaḥ || iti | tad evaṃ sabhedā prītyākhyā bhaktir darśitā | eṣā śrī-gītopaniṣatsu ca svarūpa-dvārā guṇa-dvārā ca kathitā- ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartate | iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ || mac-cittā mad-gata-prāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam | kathayantaś ca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca || [Gītā 10.8-9] iti | atha śrī-bhagavat-prīti-lakṣaṇa-vākyānāṃ niṣkarṣaḥ | nikhila-paramānanda- candrikā-candramasi sakala-bhuvana-saubhāgya-sāra-sarvasva-sattva- guṇopajīvyānanta-vilāsa-mayāmāyika-viśuddha-sattvānavaratollāsād asamordhva-madhure śrī-bhagavati katham api cittāvatārād anapekṣita- vidhiḥ svarasata eva samullasantī viṣayāntarair anavacchedyā tātparyāntaram asahamānā hlādinī-sāra-vṛtti-viśeṣa-svarūpa bhagavad-ānukūlyātmaka-tad- anugata-tat-spṛhādi-maya-jñāna-viśeṣākārā tādṛśa-bhakta-mano-vṛtti-viśeṣa- dehā pīyūṣa-pūrato'pi sarasena svenaiva sva-dehaṃ sarasayantī bhakta- kṛtātma-rahasya-saṅgopanana-guṇa-maya-rasanā-bāṣpa-muktādi-vyakta- pariṣkārā sarva-guṇaika-nidhāna-svabhāvā dāsīkṛtāśeṣa-puruṣārtha- sampattikā bhagavat-pātivratya-vrata-varyā-paryākulā bhagavan- manoharaṇaikopāya-hāri-rūpā bhagavati bhāgavatī prītis tam upasevamānā virājata iti | seyam akhaṇḍāpi nijālambanasya bhagavata āvirbhāva- tāratamyena svayaṃ tāratamyenaivāvirbhavati | tad evaṃ sati śrī-kṛṣṇasyaiva svayaṃ-bhagavattvena tat-sandarbhe darśitatvāt tatraiva tasyā parā pratiṣṭhitā | ataeva bāhulyena tat-prīti-paripāṭīm evādhikṛtya prakriyā darśayitavyā | yā ca kvacid anyādhikartavyā sā khalu kaimutyena tasyā eva poṣaṇārthaṃ jñeyā | atha śrī-kṛṣṇe svayaṃ bhagavaty evāvirbhāva-pūrṇatva-darśanena tasyāḥ pūrṇatvaṃ darśayati- adya no janma-sāphalyaṃ vidyāyās tapaso dṛśaḥ | tvayā saṅgamya sad-gatyā yad antaḥ śreyasāṃ paraḥ || [BhP 10.84.21] satāṃ tvad-eka-niṣṭhānāṃ tad-viśeṣāṇāṃ gatyā tvayā śrī-kṛṣṇaākhyena saṅgamya no'smākaṃ vaśiṣṭha-catuḥ-sana-vāmadeva-mārkaṇḍeya-nārada- kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanādīnāṃ brahmānubhavatāṃ bhagavadīya-nānā-bhakti-rasa- vidāṃ dṛṣṭa-nānā-bhagavad-āvirbhāvānām api adya īdṛśa- prākaṭyāvacchinne'sminn evāvasare janmanaḥ sāphalyaṃ jātam | yad eva sāphalyaṃ pūrva-labdhānāṃ tat-tad-āvirbhāva-jāta-tat-tat-sāphalya-rūpāṇāṃ śreyasāṃ parama-puruṣārthānāṃ paro'ntaraḥ paramo'vadhir iti | || 10.84 || mahā-munayaḥ śrī-bhagavantam || 78 || (page 44)

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Anuccheda 68

The secondary characteristics of devotion are also described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (11.14.23):

katham vina roma-harsam dravata cetasa vina vinanandasru-kalaya sudhyed bhaktya vinasayah

"Without standing up of the body's hairs, without a melting heart, without tears of bliss, and without devotion how can the heart become purified?"

In his commentary srila sridhara Svami explains:

"This verse means: `How can anyone attain devotional service without manifesting standing up of the body's hairs and other symptoms of ecstasy?' The verse continues: `Without devotion how can the heart become purified?' "

This verse was spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Prīti · Sanskrit §79 · English §69

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[७९] एवम् अन्यत्रापि - अथ ब्रह्मात्म-जैर् देवैः प्रजेशैर् आवृतो ऽभ्यगात् । भवश् च भूत-भव्येशो ययौ भूत-गणैर् वृतः ॥ [भ्प् ११.६.१] इत्य्-आदिकम् उपक्रम्याह -- व्यचक्षतावितृप्ताक्षः कृष्णम् अद्भुत-दर्शनम् । [भ्प् ११.६.५] इति । अत्राप्य् अद्भुतत्वं प्राकट्यान्तरापेक्षयैव ॥ ॥ ११.६ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ७९ ॥

[79] evam anyatrāpi - atha brahmātma-jair devaiḥ prajeśair āvṛto 'bhyagāt | bhavaś ca bhūta-bhavyeśo yayau bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ || [BhP 11.6.1] ity-ādikam upakramyāha -- vyacakṣatāvitṛptākṣaḥ kṛṣṇam adbhuta-darśanam | [BhP 11.6.5] iti | atrāpy adbhutatvaṃ prākaṭyāntarāpekṣayaiva || || 11.6 || śrī-śukaḥ || 79 ||

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English witness · section(s) 69

Anuccheda 69

In the verses quoted above it was said that melting of the heart, standing up of the body's hairs, and other symptoms are the symptoms of love (priti) for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If somehopw the heart does not melt and the ecstatic symptoms beginning with standing up of the body's hairs are not manifest, then it should be known that the heart is not yet completely purified and pure devotion is not yet fully manifested. The heart is purified when all material desires are rejected and love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the heart's only goal. This state is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (3.25.32):

animitta svabhaviki ca. . .

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

It is also described in this description of Akrura (srimad- Bhagavatam 10.38.27):

deham-bhrtam iyan artho hitva dambham bhiyam sucam sandesad yo harer linga- darsana-sravanadibhih

"The very goal of life for all embodied beings is this ecstasy, which Akrura experienced when, upon receiving Kamsa's order, he put aside all pride, fear and lamentation and absorbed himself in seeing, hearing and describing the things that reminded him of Lord Krsna."

srila sridhara Svami comments:

"Here someone may ask: ` Why did Akrura roll about on the ground? Rolling on the ground is not the result that comes from attaining pure love for the Supreme Lord?' This verse is spoken to answer that doubt. Tbe true goal of life for all embodied beings is the attainment of the ecstasy manifest here by Akrura. Here it is said of Akrura: `Upon receiving Kamsa's order, he absorbed himself in seeing, hearing and describing the things that reminded him of Lord Krsna.' "

It is also said in this verse: "Akrura put aside all pride, fear and lamentation." That he was not proud is seen in these words spoken by Akrura (srimad-Bhagavatam 10.38.18):

na mayy upaisyaty ari-buddhim acyutah. . .

"The infallible Lord will not consider me an enemy, even though Kamsa has sent me here as his messenger. After all, the omniscient Lord is the actual knower of the field of this material body, and with His perfect vision He witnesses, both externally and internally, all the endeavors of the conditioned soul's heart."

If the heart is filled with spiritual bliss, then pride cannot enter it. Therefore Akrura was free of pride. Also, Akrura knew that Lord Krsna had descended to the earth to rescue His family members from Kamsa's harassments. Knowing this, Akrura became free from fear and lamentation. For these reasons Akrura was overcome with spiritual bliss, bliss described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (10.38.26):

tad-darsanahlada-vivrddha-sambhramah premnordhva-romasru-kalakuleksanah rathad avaskandya sa tesv acestata prabhor amuny anghri-rajamsy aho iti

"Increasingly agitated by ecstasy at seeing the Lord's footprints, his bodily hairs standing on end because of his pure love, and his eyes filled with tears, Akrura jumped down from his chariot and began rolling about among those footprints, exclaiming, `Ah, this is the dust from my master's feet!' "

This incident is also described in these words of srimad- Bhagavatam (3.1.32):

prema-vibhinna-dhairyah. . .

"Akrura once lost his mental equilibrium due to his ecstasy of transcendental love and fell down on the dust of a road which was marked with the footprints of Lord Krsna."

Even if his sufferings had not been dispelled, Akrura still would have been overcoem with ecstasy by seeing the Lord's footprints. That ecstasy, as explained in srimad-Bhagavatam 10.38.27) is the true goal of life. What attainment is greater than that ecstasy of spiritual love? srimad-Bhagavatam 10.38.27, quoted in this anuccheda, was spoken by srila sukadeva Gosvami.

Prīti · Sanskrit §80–81 · English §70

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[८०] किं च--- यन् मर्त्य-लीलौपयिकं स्व-योग- माया-बलं दर्शयता गृहीतम् । विस्मापनं स्वस्य च सौभगर्द्धेः परं पदं भूषण-भूषणाङ्गम् ॥ [भ्प् ३.२.१२] स्वयोग-माया-बलं स्व-चिच्-छक्तेर् वीर्यम् । एतादृश-सौभाग्यस्यापि प्रकाशिकेयं भगवतीत्य् एवंविधं दर्शयताविष्कृतम् । सकल-स्व- वैभव-विद्वद्-गण-विस्मापनायेति भावः । न केवलम् एतावत् स्वस्यैव रूपान्तरे तादृशत्वाननुभवात् । तत्रापि प्रतिक्षणम् अप्य् अपूर्व-प्रकाशात् स्वस्यापि विस्मापनम् । यतः सौभगर्द्धेः परं पदं परा प्रतिष्ठा । ननु तस्य भूषणं त्व् अस्ति सौभग-हेतुर् इत्य् आह भूषणेति । कीदृशं मर्त्य-लीलौपायिकं नराकृतीत्य् अर्थः । तस्मात् सुतरां युक्तम् उक्तं श्री- महा-काल-पुराधिपेनापि द्विजात्मजा मे युवयोर् दिदृक्षुणा मयोपनीताः [भ्प् १०.८९.५८] इत्य् आदि । श्री-हरि-वंशे श्री-कृष्ण-वचनेन च मद्- दर्शनार्थं ते बाला हृतास् तेन महात्मना [ह्व् २.११४.८] इति । ॥ ३.२ ॥ श्रीमान् उद्धवो विदुरम् ॥ ८० ॥ [८१] अतएव परीक्षिद्-गुण-वर्णने तद्-गुणोपमात्वेनैकम् एकं गुणं श्री-राम- रमेशयोर् दर्शयित्वा सर्व-साद्गुण्योपमात्वेन श्री-कृष्णं दर्शयितुम् अत्यन्तोत्कर्ष-दृष्ट्याशङ्कमानैर् ब्राह्मणैः एष कृष्णम् अनुव्रतः [भ्प् १.१२.२४] इत्य् एवोक्तम् । न तु स इवेति । अतएव परम-प्रेम-जनक- स्वभावत्वम् अपि तस्य दृश्यते । विजय-रथ-कुटुम्बः [भ्प् १.९.३९] इत्य् आदौ, यम् इह निरीक्ष्य हता गताः स्वरूपम् इत्य् अनन्तरं, ललित-गति-विलास-वल्गुहास- प्रणय-निरीक्षण-कल्पितोरुमानाः । कृत-मनु-कृत-वत्य उन्मदान्धाः प्रकृतिम् अगन् किल यस्य गोप-वध्वः ॥ [भ्प् १.९.४०] तत्-स्वभाव-महिम्नः स्वारूप्य-प्रापणत्वं नाम क्रियानुत्कर्षः । यत एतावतोऽपि प्रेम्नो जनकत्वं दृश्यत इत्य् आह ललितेति । अत्र कृतानुकरणं नाम लीलाख्यो नायिकानुभावः । तद् उक्तं क्रियानुकरणं लीला [उन् १०.२८] इति । प्रकृतिं स्वभावम् । तादृश-प्रेमावेशो जातः । येन तत्-स्वभाव-निज- स्वभावयोर् ऐक्यम् एव तासु जातम् इत्य् अर्थः । यथा श्रीमद्-उज्ज्वल- नीलमणौ महा-भावोदाहरणम्- राधाया भवतश् च चित्त-जतुनी स्वेदैर् विलाप्य क्रमात् युञ्जन्न् अद्रि-निकुञ्ज-कुञ्जर-पते निर्धूत-भेद-भ्रमम् । चित्राय स्वयम् अन्वरञ्जयद् इह ब्रह्माण्ड-हर्म्योदरे भूयोभिर् नव-राग-हिङ्गुल-भरैः शृङ्गार-कारुः कृती ॥ [उन् १५.१५५] इति । ॥ १.९ ॥ भीष्मः श्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ ८१ ॥

[80] kiṃ ca--- yan martya-līlaupayikaṃ sva-yoga- māyā-balaṃ darśayatā gṛhītam | vismāpanaṃ svasya ca saubhagarddheḥ paraṃ padaṃ bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅgam || [BhP 3.2.12] svayoga-māyā-balaṃ sva-cic-chakter vīryam | etādṛśa-saubhāgyasyāpi prakāśikeyaṃ bhagavatīty evaṃvidhaṃ darśayatāviṣkṛtam | sakala-sva- vaibhava-vidvad-gaṇa-vismāpanāyeti bhāvaḥ | na kevalam etāvat svasyaiva rūpāntare tādṛśatvānanubhavāt | tatrāpi pratikṣaṇam apy apūrva-prakāśāt svasyāpi vismāpanam | yataḥ saubhagarddheḥ paraṃ padaṃ parā pratiṣṭhā | nanu tasya bhūṣaṇaṃ tv asti saubhaga-hetur ity āha bhūṣaṇeti | kīdṛśaṃ martya-līlaupāyikaṃ narākṛtīty arthaḥ | tasmāt sutarāṃ yuktam uktaṃ śrī- mahā-kāla-purādhipenāpi dvijātmajā me yuvayor didṛkṣuṇā mayopanītāḥ [BhP 10.89.58] ity ādi | śrī-hari-vaṃśe śrī-kṛṣṇa-vacanena ca mad- darśanārthaṃ te bālā hṛtās tena mahātmanā [HV 2.114.8] iti | || 3.2 || śrīmān uddhavo viduram || 80 || [81] ataeva parīkṣid-guṇa-varṇane tad-guṇopamātvenaikam ekaṃ guṇaṃ śrī-rāma- rameśayor darśayitvā sarva-sādguṇyopamātvena śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ darśayitum atyantotkarṣa-dṛṣṭyāśaṅkamānair brāhmaṇaiḥ eṣa kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ [BhP 1.12.24] ity evoktam | na tu sa iveti | ataeva parama-prema-janaka- svabhāvatvam api tasya dṛśyate | vijaya-ratha-kuṭumbaḥ [BhP 1.9.39] ity ādau, yam iha nirīkṣya hatā gatāḥ svarūpam ity anantaraṃ, lalita-gati-vilāsa-valguhāsa- praṇaya-nirīkṣaṇa-kalpitorumānāḥ | kṛta-manu-kṛta-vatya unmadāndhāḥ prakṛtim agan kila yasya gopa-vadhvaḥ || [BhP 1.9.40] tat-svabhāva-mahimnaḥ svārūpya-prāpaṇatvaṃ nāma kriyānutkarṣaḥ | yata etāvato'pi premno janakatvaṃ dṛśyata ity āha laliteti | atra kṛtānukaraṇaṃ nāma līlākhyo nāyikānubhāvaḥ | tad uktaṃ kriyānukaraṇaṃ līlā [UN 10.28] iti | prakṛtiṃ svabhāvam | tādṛśa-premāveśo jātaḥ | yena tat-svabhāva-nija- svabhāvayor aikyam eva tāsu jātam ity arthaḥ | yathā śrīmad-ujjvala- nīlamaṇau mahā-bhāvodāharaṇam- rādhāyā bhavataś ca citta-jatunī svedair vilāpya kramāt yuñjann adri-nikuñja-kuñjara-pate nirdhūta-bheda-bhramam | citrāya svayam anvarañjayad iha brahmāṇḍa-harmyodare bhūyobhir nava-rāga-hiṅgula-bharaiḥ śṛṅgāra-kāruḥ kṛtī || [UN 15.155] iti | || 1.9 || bhīṣmaḥ śrī-bhagavantam || 81 ||

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English witness · section(s) 70

Anuccheda 70

Some examples of pure love (suddha-priti) are given by the Lord in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (10.32.17-18):

mitho bhajanti ye sakhyah svarthaikantodyama hi te na tatra sauhrdam dharmah svarthartham tad dhi nanyatha

"So-called friends who show affection for cach other only to benefit themselves are actually selfish. They have no true friendship, nor are they following the true principles of religion. Indeed, if they did not expect benefit for themselves, they would not reciprocate.

bhajanty abhajato ye vai karunah pitarau yatha dharmo nirapavado 'tra sauhrcj.am ca su-madhyamah

"My dear slender-waisted gopis, some people are genuinely merciful or, like parents, naturally affectionate. Such persons, who devotedly serve even those who fail to reciprocate with them, are following the true, faultless path of religion, and they are true well-wishers."

The meaning of these verses is clear.

Prīti · Sanskrit §82 · English §71

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[८२] तथा- यस्याननं मकर-कुण्डल-चारु-कर्ण- भ्राजत्-कपोल-सुभगं सविलास-हासम् । नित्योत्सवं न ततृपुर् दृशिभिः पिबन्त्यो नार्यो नराश् च मुदिताः कुपिता निमेश् च ॥ [भ्प् ९.२४.६५] (पगे ४५) टीका च-तत्र प्रदर्शनार्थं मुख-शोभाम् आह इत्य् आदिका । तद्- दर्शनेऽपि निमेष-कर्तृत्वेन निमेर् नियमे कुपिता बभूवुः । इयं खलु महाभावस्य गतिः । सा च तत्-स्वभावतः सिद्धेत्य् अभिधानाद् युक्तम् अत्रास्योदाहरणम् । ॥ ९.२४ ॥ श्री-शुकः ॥ ८२ ॥

[82] tathā- yasyānanaṃ makara-kuṇḍala-cāru-karṇa- bhrājat-kapola-subhagaṃ savilāsa-hāsam | nityotsavaṃ na tatṛpur dṛśibhiḥ pibantyo nāryo narāś ca muditāḥ kupitā nimeś ca || [BhP 9.24.65] (page 45) ṭīkā ca-tatra pradarśanārthaṃ mukha-śobhām āha ity ādikā | tad- darśane'pi nimeṣa-kartṛtvena nimer niyame kupitā babhūvuḥ | iyaṃ khalu mahābhāvasya gatiḥ | sā ca tat-svabhāvataḥ siddhety abhidhānād yuktam atrāsyodāharaṇam | || 9.24 || śrī-śukaḥ || 82 ||

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English witness · section(s) 71

Anuccheda 71

A love even better that that described in the previously quoted two verses is described by Lord Krsna in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (10.32.20):

naham tu sakhyo bhajato 'pijantun bhajamy amisam anuvrtti-vrttaye yathadhano labdha-dhane vinaste tac-cintayayan nibhrto na veda

"But the reason I do not immediately reciprocate the affection of living beings even when they worship Me, O gopis, is that I want to intensify their loving devotion. They then become like a poor man who has gained some wealth and then lost it, and who thus becomes so anxious about it that he can think of nothing else."

In srimad-Bhagavatam 10.32.18 (quoted in anuccheda 70) the words "bhajaty abhajatah" describe the situation where persons remain compassionate even when the person who is the object of the compassion is ungrateful. In the same way one may love (priti) an ungrateful person who does not love in return. Lord Krsna tries to make this kind of selfless love arise within His devotees. When they associate with Lord Krsna, the devotees feel very wonderful love for Him. However, when Lord Krsna ignores the devotees, the devotees' love for Him increases.

The srimad-Bhagavatam verse quoted in this anuccheda was spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to the goddesses of Vraja.

Prīti · Sanskrit §83 · English §72

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[८३] किं च का स्त्र्य् अङ्ग ते कलपदायत इत्य् आदौ यद् गो-दिव्ज-द्रुम-मृगाः पुलकान्य् अभिभ्रन्न् [भ्प् १०.२९.४०] इति । अन्यत्र च अस्पन्दनं गतिमतां पुलकस् तरूणाम् [भ्प् १०.२९.४०] इत्य् आदि । अतएवोक्तं श्री-बिल्वमङ्गलेन - सन्त्व् अवतारा बहवः पुष्कर-नाभस्य सर्वतो-भद्राः । कृष्णाद् अन्यः को वा लतास्व् अपि प्रेमदो भवति ॥ [क्क २.८५] इति । ॥ १०.२९ ॥ श्री-व्रज-देव्यः श्री-भगवन्तम् ॥ ८३ ॥

[83] kiṃ ca kā stry aṅga te kalapadāyata ity ādau yad go-divja-druma-mṛgāḥ pulakāny abhibhrann [BhP 10.29.40] iti | anyatra ca aspandanaṃ gatimatāṃ pulakas tarūṇām [BhP 10.29.40] ity ādi | ataevoktaṃ śrī-bilvamaṅgalena - santv avatārā bahavaḥ puṣkara-nābhasya sarvato-bhadrāḥ | kṛṣṇād anyaḥ ko vā latāsv api premado bhavati || [KKA 2.85] iti | || 10.29 || śrī-vraja-devyaḥ śrī-bhagavantam || 83 ||

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English witness · section(s) 72

Anuccheda 72

The pure devotional love (suddha priti) of sriman Vrtrasura is seen in the following verses of srimad-Bhagavatam (6.11.24-27):

aham hare tava padaika-mula- dasanudaso bhavitasmi bhuyah manah smaretasu-pater gunams te grnita vak karma karotu kayah

"O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, will I again be able to be a servant of Your eternal servants who find shelter only at Your lotus feet? O Lord of my life, may I again become their servant so that my mind may always think of Your transcendental attributes, my words always glorify those attributes, and my body always engage in the loving service of Your Lordship?

na naka-prstham na ca paramesthyam na sarva-bhaumam na rasadhipatyam na yoga-siddhir apunar-bhavam va samanjasa tva virahayya kankse

"O my Lord, source of all opportunities, I do not desire to enjoy in Dhruvaloka, the heavenly planets or the planet where Lord Brahma resides, nor do I want to be the supreme ruler of all the earthly planets or the lower planetary systems. I do not desire to be master of the powers of mystic yoga, nor do I want liberation if I have to give up Your lotus feet.

ajata-paksa iva mataram khagah stanyam yatha vatsatarah ksudh-artah priyam priyeva vyusitam visanna mano'ravindaksa didrksate tvam

"O lotus-eyed Lord, as baby birds that have not yet developed their wings always look for their mother to return and feed them, as small calves tied with ropes await anxiously the time of milking, when they will be allowed to drink the milk of their mothers, or as a morose wife whose husband is away from home always longs for him to return and satisfy her in all respects, I always yearn for the opportunity to render direct service unto You.

mamottamasloka-janesu sakhyam samsara-cakre bhramatah sva-karmabhih tvan-mayayatmatmaja-dara-gehesv asakta-cittasya na natha bhuyat

"O my Lord, my master, I am wandering throughout this material world as a result of my fruitive activities. Therefore I simply seek friendship in the association of Your pious and enlightened devotees. My attachment to my body, wife, children and home is continuing by the spell of Your external energy, but I wish to be attached to them no longer. Let my mind, my consciousness and everything I have be attached only to You."

In srimad-Bhagavatam 6.11.26 the word "ajata- paksah" means "baby birds whose wings are still undeveloped, and who thus have no power to fly and are not independent." These baby birds take shelter of their mother (mataram), and their mother is very merciful to them. It is seen that baby birds have great love (priti) for their mothers. With the same kind of love Vrtrasura here yerans to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this example the baby birds are noursihed by the mother. By her their lives are maintained. By her they are made happy. However, if the reader is displeased with this example and has no faith in it, then the speaker of this verse gives another example, an example that begins with the word "stanyam". This is the example of the calf who yearns to attain its mother's udder (stanyam). The word stanyam" here means "udder", a particular part of a cow's body. By the mother cow's udder the calf is nourished and delighted. This example is better than the preceding example of the birds. Tied up by the human master, the small calf cannot approach its mother's udder. Therefore for a long time the calf is troubled by hunger (ksudharta). This example is btter than the previous one, for in a cow's body there is a greater oppurtunity to manifest affection. However, if one feels the example of the cow and calf and the example of the baby bird and its mother are too different in cause and effect from the relationship of the devotee and the Supreme Lord, then another examplke is given in this verse, an example that begins with the word "priyam". Here the example is given of two steadfast lovers whose love never changes, who love each other in youth, in old age, and up to the moment of death. In this example the morose (visanna) wife (priya) longs to see (didrksate) her beloved husband (priyam) who is away from home (vyusitam). Here Vrtrasura says: "As she longs to see her husband with her own eyes, so my heart longs to see You." In the first two parts of this analogy the baby bird and the calf are themselves the agent that performs the action. However in the last part of the analogy it is not Vrtrasura himself, but rather his heart that performs the action. The analogy here is of the variety called "ullekha". In this way the unchanging love of Vrtrasura's heart is described. He wishes that his heart may become like a bumblebee drawn to the sweetness of the lotus-eyed Supreme Lord. By this ullekha anaolgy is described the devotee's being maintained by the Lord and the devotee's finding happiness in the Lord. Thinking the good fortune of directly seeing the Supreme Lord is an impossible attainment for him, Vrtrasura, his eyes filled with tears, speaks the prayer in srimad-Bhagavatam 6.11.27. Becuase it is filled with these extraordinary prayers of pure spiritual love (prema), the description of Vrtrasura's death is included in srimad-Bhagavatam and other Puranas also. In the Matsya Purana it is said:

vrtrasura-vadhopetam tad bhagavatam isyate

"srimad-Bhagavatam contains the glorious description of Vrtrasura's death."

The srimad-Bhagavatam verses quoted in this anuccheda were spoken by sri Vrtrasura.

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[८४] तद् एवं श्री-भगवद्-आविर्भाव-तारतम्येन तत्-प्रीतेर् आविर्भाव- तारतम्यं दर्शितम् । अथ तस्या एव गुणान्तरोत्कर्ष-तारतम्येन तारतम्यान्तरं भेदाश् च दर्श्यन्ते । तत्र गुणाः द्विविधाः । भक्त-चित्त- संस्क्रिया-विशेषस्य हेतव एके, तद्-अभिमान-विशेषस्य हेतवश् चान्ये । तत्र पूर्वेषां गुणानां स्वरूपाणि तैस् तस्यास् तारतम्यं भेदाश् च यथा प्रीतिः खलु भक्त-चित्तम् उल्लासयति, ममतया योजयति, विस्रम्भयति, प्रियत्वातिशयेनाभिमानयति, द्रावयति, स्व-विषयं प्रत्य् अभिलाषातिशयेन योजयति, प्रतिक्षणम् एव स्व-विषयं नव-नवत्वेनानुभावयति, असमोर्ध्व-चमत्कारेणोन्मादयति च । तत्रोल्लास-मात्राधिक्य-व्यञ्जिका प्रीतिः रतिः यस्यां जातायां तद्-एक- तात्पर्यम् अन्यत्र तुच्छत्व-बुद्धिश् च जायते । ममतातिशयाविर्भावेन समृद्धा प्रीतिः प्रेमा । यस्मिन् जाते तत्-प्रीति-समृद्धिश् चान्यत्रापि दृश्यते । यथोक्तं मार्कडेये - मार्जार-भक्षिते दुःखं यादृशं गृह-कुक्कुटे । न तादृङ्-ममता-शून्ये कलविङ्केऽथ मूषिके ॥ इति । अतएव प्रेम-लक्षणायां भक्तौ प्रचुर-हेतुत्व-ज्ञापनार्थं ममताया एव भक्तित्व-निर्देशः पञ्चरात्रे - अनन्य-ममता विष्णौ ममता प्रेम-सङ्गता । भक्तिर् इत्य् उच्यते भीष्म-प्रह्लादोद्धव-नारदैः ॥ इति । अन्य-ममता-वर्जिता ममेत्य् अन्वयः । तद् उक्तं सत्त्व एवैक-मनसः [भ्प् ३.२५.३२] इत्य् एव-कारेण । अथ विस्रम्भातिशयात्मकः प्रेमा प्रणयः, यस्मिन् जाते सम्भ्रमादि- योग्यतायाम् अपि तद्-अभावः । प्रियत्वातिशयाभिमानेन कौटिल्याभास- पूर्वक-भाव-वैचित्रीं दधत् प्रणयो मानः । यस्मिन् जाते श्री-भगवान् अपि तत्-प्रणय-कोपात् प्रेम-मयं भयं भजते । चेतो-द्रवातिशयात्मकः प्रेमैव स्नेहः । यस्मिन् जाते तत्-सम्बन्धाभासेनापि महा-बाष्पादि- विकारः प्रिय-दर्शनाद्य्-अतृप्तिस् तस्य परम-सामर्थ्यादौ सत्य् अपि केषांचिद् अनिष्टाशङ्का च जायते । स्नेह एवाभिलाषातिशआत्मको रागः । यस्मिन् जाते क्षणिकस्यापि विरहस्यात्यन्तैवासहिष्णुता । तत्-संयोगे परं दुःखम् अपि सुखत्वेन भाति, तद्-वियोगे तद्-विपरीतम् । स एव रागोऽनुक्षणं स्व-विषयं नव-नवत्वेनानुभावयन् स्वयं च नव-नवीभवन्न् अनुरागः । यस्मिन् जाते परस्पर-वशीभावातिशयः । प्रेम-वैचित्त्यं तत्-सम्बन्धिन्य् अप्राणिन्य् अपि जन्म-लालसा । विप्रलम्भे विस्फूर्तिश् च जायते । अनुराग एवासमोर्ध्व- चमत्कारेणोन्मादको महा-भावः । यस्मिन् (पगे ४६) जाते योगे निमेषासहता कल्प-क्षणत्वम् इत्य् आदिकम् । वियोगे क्षण-कल्पत्वम् इत्य् आदिकम् । उभयत्र महोद्दीप्ताशेष-सात्त्विक-विकारादिकं जायते इति संस्कार- हेतवो गुणा दर्शिताः । अथ भक्ताभिमान-विशेष-हेतवो गुणास् तत्-कृताः प्रीतेर् भक्तानां च भेदास् तारतम्यं च यथा-सैव खलु प्रीतिर् भगवत्-स्वभाव- विशेषाविर्भाव-योगम् उपलभ्य कञ्चिद् अनुग्राह्यत्वेनाभिमानयति कञ्चिद् अनुकम्पित्वेन कञ्चिन् मित्रत्वेन, कञ्चित् प्रियात्वेन च । भगवत्-स्वभाव- विशेषाविर्भाव-हेतुश् च यस्य भगवत्-प्रिय-विशेषस्य सङ्गादिना लब्धा प्रीतिस् तस्य प्रीतेर् एव गुण-विशेषो बोद्धव्यः । नित्य-परिकराणां नित्यम् एव तद् द्वयम् । तत्रानुग्राह्यताभिमान-मयी प्रीतिर् भक्ति-शब्देन प्रसिद्धा । आराध्यत्वेन ज्ञानं भक्तिर् इति हि तद्-अनुगतम् । यथैवोक्तं माया-वैभवे - स्नेहानुबन्धो यस् तस्मिन् बहु-मान-पुरः-सरः । भक्तिर् इत्य् उच्यते सैव कारणं परमेशितुः ॥ इति । स्नेहोऽत्र प्रीति-मात्रम् । एवं पाद्मे - महित्व-बुद्धिर् भक्तिस् तु स्नेह- पूर्वाभिधीयते इति । तथापि भक्तेर् भगवति प्रीति-सामान्य-पर्यायता मुनिभिर् भक्त्या प्रयुज्यत इति पूर्वम् उक्तम् । क्वचिद् विशेष-वाचका अपि सामान्ये प्रयुज्यन्ते । जीव-सामान्ये नृप-भृति-शब्दवत् । क्वचिद् भक्त्य्-अतिशय- लक्षण-प्रेमण्य् अपि भक्ति-शब्द-प्र्योगो ब्राह्मण-गोष्ठीषु ब्राह्मण्यातिशयवति अयं ब्राह्मण इतिवत् । यथोक्तं पाञ्चरात्रे - माहात्म्य-ज्ञान-पूर्वस् तु सुदृढः सर्वतोऽधिकः । स्नेहो भक्तिर् इति प्रोक्तस् तया सार्ष्ट्य्-आदि नान्यथा ॥ इति । मनो-गति-गमनादीनां तु तत्-सम्बन्धेनैव क्वचिद् भक्ति-शब्द- वाच्यतोक्ता । तद्-अनुग्राह्यताभिमान-मयी प्रीतिर् एव भक्ति-शब्दस्य मुख्योऽर्थः । ते चानुग्राह्याभिमानिनो द्विविधाः । पोषणम् अनुकम्पा चेत्य् अनुग्रहस्य द्वैविध्यात् । पोषणम् अत्र भगवता स्वरूप-द्वारा स्व- गुण-द्वारा चानन्दनम् । अनुकम्पा च पूर्णेऽपि स्वस्मिन् निज-सेवाद्य्- अभिलाषं सम्पाद्य सेवकादिषु सेवादि-सौभाग्य-सम्पादिका भगवदश् चित्तार्द्रतामयी तद्-उपकारेच्छा । तेषु द्विविधेषु केषुचिद् भगवति निर्ममाः केषुचित् सममाश् च । तत्र भगवति परमात्म-पर-ब्रह्म- भावेनानन्दनीयाभिमानिनो निर्ममा ज्ञानि-भक्ताः श्री-सनकादयः । तेषां तद्-अभिमानित्वेऽपि तत्र निर्ममत्वम् - सत्य् अपि भेदापगमे नाथ तवाहं न मामकीनस् त्वम् । सामुद्रो हि तरङ्गः क्वचन समुद्रो न तारङ्गः ॥ इतिवत् । तव चन्द्र-दर्शनवन् ममतां विनापि तेषां भगवद्-दर्शनं प्रीतिदं स्यात् । आनुकूल्यं चात्र तत्-प्रवणत्व-तत्-स्तुत्य्-आदिना ज्ञेयम् । एषां प्रीतिश् च ज्ञान-भक्त्य्-आख्या । ज्ञानत्वं ब्रह्म-घनत्वेनैवानुभवात् । एषैव शान्त्य्-आख्ययोच्यते । शम-प्रधानत्वात् । शमो मन्-निष्ठता बुद्धेर् [भ्प् ११.१९.३६] इति भगवद्-वाक्यम् । अथानुकम्प्याः सममा भक्ताः । एषां हि अस्माकं प्रभुर् अयम् इति भावेन ममतोद्भूता । एतद् अभिप्रेत्यैवानन्य-ममतेत्य् आदि-वक्तृत्वं केवल-भक्तानां श्री-भीष्मोद्धव-प्रह्लाद-नारदादीनाम् एवोक्तं न तु सनकादीनाम् अपि । अतो ममतोद्भवाद् एवानुकम्प्यास् तद्-अभिमानिनश् च ते । अनुकम्प्यत्वं त्रिविधं । पाल्यत्वं भृत्यत्वं लाल्यत्वं च । तत्-त्रैविध्येन क्रमात् ते श्री-भगवति पालक इति भावा द्वारका-प्रजादयः । सेव्य इति भावाः श्री-दारुकादि-सेवकाः गुरुर् इति भावाः श्री-प्रद्युम्न-गद- प्रभृति-पुत्रा नृजादय इति । एषां त्रिविधानाम् अपि प्रीतिर् भक्तिरे एव । पूर्वापेक्षया चैषां प्रीतेर् आनुकूल्यात्मताधिक्यादाव् ऋतज्ञानांशत्वेनास्याम् एव श्री-रसामृत-सिन्धौ प्रीतिर् इत्य् (पगे ४७) एवाख्या कृता । सा च भक्तिः क्रमेण पाल्यानाम् आश्रयात्मिका, भृत्यानां दास्यात्मिका, लाल्यानां प्रश्रयात्मिका ज्ञेया । या तु महद्-बुद्ध्या चित्तादर-लक्षण-भक्तिर् नमस्कारादि-कार्य-व्यङ्ग्या सा खलु प्रीतिर् न भवतीति नात्र गण्यते । तत्-तद्-भावं विनैव केवलादर-मयी प्रीतिश् चेद् भक्ति-सामान्यत्वेन ज्ञेया । अथ पुत्रोऽयम् इत्य् आदिभावेनानुकम्पित्वाभिमान-मयी प्रीइत्र् वात्सल्यम् । वत्सं वक्षो लातीति निरुक्तिर् हि तत्रैव झटिति प्रतीतिं गमयति । प्रीति-मात्रे तु तद्-उपलक्षणत्वेनैव प्रयोगः । लौकिक-रसज्ञाश् च केचिद् अत्रैव वत्सलाख्यं रसं मन्यन्ते । तथोदाहृतं श्री-देवहूत्याः पुत्र-वियोगे वत्से गौर् इव वत्सला [भ्प् ३.३३.२१] इति । तस्माद् वात्सल्यं श्री-व्रजेश्वरीणाम् । अथ मत्-सम-मधुर-शील-वचनयं निरुपाधिमत्-प्रणयाश्रय्-विशेष इति भावेन मित्रत्वाभिमान-मयी प्रीतिः मैत्र्य्-आख्या द्विविधाः । परस्पर- निरुपाधिकोपकार-रसिकता-मयी सौहृदाख्या । सह-विहार-शालि- प्रणयमयी सख्याख्या चेति । ततो मित्राणि च द्विविधानि । सुहृदः सखायश् चेति । तत्र सौहृदं श्री-युधिष्ठिर-भीष्म-द्रौपदी-पद्यादिष्व् अंशेन दृश्यते । सख्यं श्रीमद्-अर्जुन-श्रीदामादिषु । अथ कान्तोऽयम् इति प्रीतिः कान्त-भावः । एष एव प्रियता-शब्देन श्री- रसामृत-सिन्धौ परिभाषिता । प्रियाया भावः प्रियतेति । लौकिक-रसिकैर् अत्रैव रति-संज्ञा स्वीक्रियते । एष एव काम-तुल्यत्वात् श्री-गोपिकासु कामादि- शब्देनाप्य् अभिहितः । स्मराख्यकाम-विशेषस् त्व् अन्यः वैलक्षण्यात् । काम- सामान्यं खलु स्पृहा-सामान्यात्मकम् । प्रीति-सामान्यं तु विषयानुकूल्यात्मकस् तद्-अनुगत-विषय-स्पृहादिमयो ज्ञान-विशेष इति लक्षितम् । ततो द्वयोः सामान्य-प्राय-चेष्टत्वेऽपि काम-सामान्यस्य चेष्टा स्वीयानुकूल्य-तात्पर्या । तत्र कुत्रचिद् विषयानुकूल्यं च स्व-सुख-कार्य- भूतम् एवेति तत्र गौण-वृत्तिर् एव प्रीति-शब्दः । शुद्ध-प्रीति-मात्रस्य चेष्टा तु प्रियानुकूल्य-तात्पर्यैव । तत्र तद्-अनुगतम् एव चात्म-सुखम् इति मुख्य-वृत्तिर् एव प्रीति-शब्दः । अतएव यथा-पूर्वं सुख-प्रीति-सामान्ययोर् उल्लासात्मकतया साम्येऽप्य् आनुकूल्यांशेन प्रीति-सामान्यस्य वैशिष्ट्यं दर्शितम् । तथा काम-प्रीति- सामान्ययोर् अपि स्पृहा-विशेषात्मकतया साम्येऽपि तेनैव वैशिष्ट्यं सिद्धम् । अत्र तु - यत् ते सुजात-चरणाम्बुरुहं स्तनेषु भीताः शनैः प्रिय दधीमहि कर्कशेषु [भ्प् १०.३१.१९] इत्य् आदिभिर् अतिक्रम्यापि स्वानुकूल्यं प्रियानु (पगे ४८) कूल्य-तात्पर्यस्यैव दर्शितत्वात् शुद्ध-प्रीति-विशेष- रूपत्वम् एव लभ्यते । अतस् तद्-विशेषत्वं च स्पृहा-विशेषात्मकत्वात् सिद्धम् । ततोऽत्र श्री-कृष्ण-विषयत्वेन कुब्जादि-सम्बन्धि-कामवद् अप्राकृत-कामत्वस्याप्य् अनभ्युपगमे सति प्राकृत-कामत्वं तु सुतराम् असिद्धम् । तथा दर्शितं च - विक्रीडितं व्रज-वधूभिर् इदं च विष्णोः श्रद्धान्वितो यः शृणुयाद् अथ वर्णयेद् वा । भक्तिं परां भगवति परिलभ्य कामं हृद्-रोगम् आश्व् अपहिनोत्य् अचिरेण धीरः ॥ [भ्प् १०.३३.४०] इत्य् अनेन । यद् विक्रीडितं खलु निज-श्रवण-द्वाराप्य् अन्येषां दूर-देश-काल- स्थितानाम् अपि शीघ्रम् एव यं कामम् अपनयत् परमं प्रेमाणं वितनोति । तत् पुनस् तत् काम-मयं न स्यात् । अपि तु परम-प्रेम-विशेष- मयम् एव । न हि पङ्केन पङ्कं क्षाल्यते । न तु स्वयम् अस्नेहः स्नेहयति । अतएव तस्य भावस्य शुद्ध-प्रेम-मयत्वं निगदेनैवोक्त्वा शुद्धत्वे हेतुतया पुनस् तेन भगवत्-प्रसादश् च दर्शितः । भगवान् आह ता वीक्ष्य शुद्ध-भाव-प्रसादितः [भ्प् १०.२२.१] इति । तस्यात्मराम-शिरोमणेस् तेन रमणं च दर्शितम्-कृत्वा तावन्तम् आत्मानम् [भ्प् १०.३३.१९] इत्य्-आदिभिः । वशीकृतत्वं च स्वयं दर्शितं-न पारयेऽहं निरवद्य-संयुजाम् [भ्प् १०.३२.२२] इत्य् आदिना । तत्र निरवद्येति प्रीतेः शुद्धत्वम् । स्व-साधुकृत्यम् इति परमोत्तमोत्कृष्टत्वम् । न पारय इति स्ववशीकारत्वम् । अतः शुद्ध- प्रेम-जातिषु तस्य परम्त्वाद् एव श्रीमद्-उद्धवेनाप्य् एवम् उक्तम्- वाञ्छन्ति यद् भव-भियो मुनयो वयं च [भ्प् १०.४७.५८] इति । तस्मात् सर्वतः परमैव कान्त-भाव-रूपा प्रीतिर् इति स्थितम् । तद् एवं ज्ञान-भक्तिर् भक्तिर् वात्सल्यं मैत्री कान्त-भाव इति तद्- भावाभिमानयोर् भेदेन पञ्च-विधा प्रीतिः । एताश् च ज्ञान-भक्त्य्-आदयः क्वचित् मिश्रतयापि वर्तन्ते । तत्र श्री-भीष्मादौ ज्ञान-भक्त्य्-आश्रय- भक्ती । श्री-युधिष्ठिरे सौहृद्यान्तर्भूते आश्रय-भक्ति-वात्सल्ये । श्री- भीमस्य सख्यम् अपि । श्री-कुन्त्याम् आश्रय-भक्त्य्-अन्तर्भूतं वात्सल्यम् । श्री-वसुदेव-देवक्योर् भक्ति-सामान्य-वात्सल्ये । तथा तथा दर्शनात् । श्रीमद्-उद्धवस्य दास्यान्तर्भूतं सख्यं-त्वं मे भृत्यः सुहृत् सखा [भ्प् ११.११.४८] इति श्री-भगवद्-उक्तेः । श्री-बलदेवस्य सख्य-वात्सल्य- भक्तयः । तत्र वात्सल्य-सख्ये-- क्वचित् क्रीडा-परिश्रान्तं गोपोत्सङ्गोपबर्हणम् । स्वयं विश्रमयत्य् आर्यं पाद-संवाहनादिभिः ॥ नृत्यतो गायतः क्वापि वल्गतो युध्यतो मिथः । गृहीत-हस्तौ गोपालान् हसन्तौ प्रशशंसतुः ॥ [भ्प् १०.१५.१४-१५] इत्य् आदिषु । भक्तिश् च प्रायो मायास्तु मे भर्तुः [भ्प् १०.१३.३७] इत्य्-आदि-तद्-उक्तिषु । अत्र च तस्य व्रजे सख्यान्तर्भूते वात्सल्य-सख्ये ऐश्वर्य-प्रकाश-मय- लीलाविष्कारात् । व्रजे तस्याग्रजत्वं श्री-वसुदेव-नन्दनयोर् भ्रातृत्व- प्रसिद्धेः । श्रीमन्-नन्देन पुत्रतया पालनाच् च । यथोक्तं-- भ्रातर् मम सुतः कच्चिन् मात्रा सह भवद्-व्रजे । तातं भवन्तं मन्वानो भवद्भ्याम् उपलालितः ॥ [भ्प् १०.५.२७] इति । वदन्ति तावका ह्य् एते कुमारास् तेऽग्रजोऽप्ययम् [भ्प् १०.८.३४] इति च । एवं श्री-पट्ट-महिषीषु दास्य-मिश्रः कान्त-भावः । श्रीमद्-व्रज-देवीषु सख्य-मिश्र इत्य् आदिकं ज्ञेयम् । (पगे ४९) अथ तत्-तद्-भावाभिमानो विनां तु या प्रीतिः सा सामान्या तादृशत्वायोग्यानां भवति । यथा मिथिला-प्रयाण -- आनर्त-धन्व-कुरु-जाङ्गल-कङ्क-मत्स्य- पाञ्चाल-कुन्ति-मधु-केकय-कोशलार्णाः । अन्ये च तन्-मुख-सरोजम् उदार-हास- स्निग्धेक्षणं नृप पपुर् दृशिभिर् नृ-नार्यः ॥ [भ्प् १०.८६.२०] इत्य् अत्र केषांचित् । एते च निर्ममा ज्ञेयाः । किं च तेष्व् एतेषु भगवत्-प्रियेषु सामान्य-शान्तौ तटस्थाख्यौ । अनयोः प्रीतिश् च तटस्थाख्या । तेषु च पाल्य-भृत्यौ अनुगतौ । तयोर् भक्तिश् च सम्भ्रम-प्रीत्य्-आख्या । लाल्यादयस् तु बान्धवाः । तेषां प्रीतिश् च बान्धवताख्या ज्ञेया । तैर् एतैः प्रीति-भेदैः प्रिय-भेदान् प्रति स्वस्य भजनीयता-भेदा उक्ताः - येषाम् अहं प्रिय आत्मा सुतश् च सखा गुरुः सुहृदो दैवम् इष्टम् [भ्प् ३.२५.३८] इति । प्रियः कान्तः । आत्मा परमात्मा । सुतः पुत्र-भ्रातृजादि-रूपः अनुज-रूपश् च । सखा प्रणय-पूर्वकः सह खेलति यः । गुरु-पित्रादि-रूपः । सुहृदो द्विविधाः सम्बन्धिनो निरुपाधि-हित-कारिणश् च । तत्र पूर्वेषां प्रियत्वादौ प्रवेशाद् उत्तरे गृह्यन्ते । दैवम् इष्टम् आश्रयणीयः सेव्यश् चेत्य् अर्थः । एतान् भावांश् च विना सामान्य-प्रीति-विषय इति भावः । अथ पूर्वोक्ता रत्य्-आदि-भावा उदाह्रियन्ते । तत्र रतिम् आह- तत्रान्वहं कृष्ण-कथाः प्रगायताम् अनुग्रहेणाशृणवं मनोहराः । ताः श्रद्धया मे ऽनुपदं विशृण्वतः प्रियश्रवस्य् अङ्ग ममाभवद् रुचिः ॥ तस्मिंस् तदा लब्ध-रुचेर् महा-मते प्रियश्रवस्य् अस्खलिता मतिर् मम । ययाहम् एतत् सद्-असत् स्व-मायया पश्ये मयि ब्रह्मणि कल्पितं परे ॥ [भ्प् १.५.२६-२७] मयि शुद्ध-जीवे व्यष्टि-रूपं परे ब्रह्मणि च समष्टि-रूपम् अध्यारोपितम् । ॥ १.५ ॥ श्री-नारदः श्री-व्यासम् ॥ ८४ ॥

[84] tad evaṃ śrī-bhagavad-āvirbhāva-tāratamyena tat-prīter āvirbhāva- tāratamyaṃ darśitam | atha tasyā eva guṇāntarotkarṣa-tāratamyena tāratamyāntaraṃ bhedāś ca darśyante | tatra guṇāḥ dvividhāḥ | bhakta-citta- saṃskriyā-viśeṣasya hetava eke, tad-abhimāna-viśeṣasya hetavaś cānye | tatra pūrveṣāṃ guṇānāṃ svarūpāṇi tais tasyās tāratamyaṃ bhedāś ca yathā prītiḥ khalu bhakta-cittam ullāsayati, mamatayā yojayati, visrambhayati, priyatvātiśayenābhimānayati, drāvayati, sva-viṣayaṃ praty abhilāṣātiśayena yojayati, pratikṣaṇam eva sva-viṣayaṃ nava-navatvenānubhāvayati, asamordhva-camatkāreṇonmādayati ca | tatrollāsa-mātrādhikya-vyañjikā prītiḥ ratiḥ yasyāṃ jātāyāṃ tad-eka- tātparyam anyatra tucchatva-buddhiś ca jāyate | mamatātiśayāvirbhāvena samṛddhā prītiḥ premā | yasmin jāte tat-prīti-samṛddhiś cānyatrāpi dṛśyate | yathoktaṃ mārkaḍeye - mārjāra-bhakṣite duḥkhaṃ yādṛśaṃ gṛha-kukkuṭe | na tādṛṅ-mamatā-śūnye kalaviṅke'tha mūṣike || iti | ataeva prema-lakṣaṇāyāṃ bhaktau pracura-hetutva-jñāpanārthaṃ mamatāyā eva bhaktitva-nirdeśaḥ pañcarātre - ananya-mamatā viṣṇau mamatā prema-saṅgatā | bhaktir ity ucyate bhīṣma-prahlādoddhava-nāradaiḥ || iti | anya-mamatā-varjitā mamety anvayaḥ | tad uktaṃ sattva evaika-manasaḥ [BhP 3.25.32] ity eva-kāreṇa | atha visrambhātiśayātmakaḥ premā praṇayaḥ, yasmin jāte sambhramādi- yogyatāyām api tad-abhāvaḥ | priyatvātiśayābhimānena kauṭilyābhāsa- pūrvaka-bhāva-vaicitrīṃ dadhat praṇayo mānaḥ | yasmin jāte śrī-bhagavān api tat-praṇaya-kopāt prema-mayaṃ bhayaṃ bhajate | ceto-dravātiśayātmakaḥ premaiva snehaḥ | yasmin jāte tat-sambandhābhāsenāpi mahā-bāṣpādi- vikāraḥ priya-darśanādy-atṛptis tasya parama-sāmarthyādau saty api keṣāṃcid aniṣṭāśaṅkā ca jāyate | sneha evābhilāṣātiśaātmako rāgaḥ | yasmin jāte kṣaṇikasyāpi virahasyātyantaivāsahiṣṇutā | tat-saṃyoge paraṃ duḥkham api sukhatvena bhāti, tad-viyoge tad-viparītam | sa eva rāgo'nukṣaṇaṃ sva-viṣayaṃ nava-navatvenānubhāvayan svayaṃ ca nava-navībhavann anurāgaḥ | yasmin jāte paraspara-vaśībhāvātiśayaḥ | prema-vaicittyaṃ tat-sambandhiny aprāṇiny api janma-lālasā | vipralambhe visphūrtiś ca jāyate | anurāga evāsamordhva- camatkāreṇonmādako mahā-bhāvaḥ | yasmin (page 46) jāte yoge nimeṣāsahatā kalpa-kṣaṇatvam ity ādikam | viyoge kṣaṇa-kalpatvam ity ādikam | ubhayatra mahoddīptāśeṣa-sāttvika-vikārādikaṃ jāyate iti saṃskāra- hetavo guṇā darśitāḥ | atha bhaktābhimāna-viśeṣa-hetavo guṇās tat-kṛtāḥ prīter bhaktānāṃ ca bhedās tāratamyaṃ ca yathā-saiva khalu prītir bhagavat-svabhāva- viśeṣāvirbhāva-yogam upalabhya kañcid anugrāhyatvenābhimānayati kañcid anukampitvena kañcin mitratvena, kañcit priyātvena ca | bhagavat-svabhāva- viśeṣāvirbhāva-hetuś ca yasya bhagavat-priya-viśeṣasya saṅgādinā labdhā prītis tasya prīter eva guṇa-viśeṣo boddhavyaḥ | nitya-parikarāṇāṃ nityam eva tad dvayam | tatrānugrāhyatābhimāna-mayī prītir bhakti-śabdena prasiddhā | ārādhyatvena jñānaṃ bhaktir iti hi tad-anugatam | yathaivoktaṃ māyā-vaibhave - snehānubandho yas tasmin bahu-māna-puraḥ-saraḥ | bhaktir ity ucyate saiva kāraṇaṃ parameśituḥ || iti | sneho'tra prīti-mātram | evaṃ pādme - mahitva-buddhir bhaktis tu sneha- pūrvābhidhīyate iti | tathāpi bhakter bhagavati prīti-sāmānya-paryāyatā munibhir bhaktyā prayujyata iti pūrvam uktam | kvacid viśeṣa-vācakā api sāmānye prayujyante | jīva-sāmānye nṛpa-bhṛti-śabdavat | kvacid bhakty-atiśaya- lakṣaṇa-premaṇy api bhakti-śabda-pryogo brāhmaṇa-goṣṭhīṣu brāhmaṇyātiśayavati ayaṃ brāhmaṇa itivat | yathoktaṃ pāñcarātre - māhātmya-jñāna-pūrvas tu sudṛḍhaḥ sarvato'dhikaḥ | sneho bhaktir iti proktas tayā sārṣṭy-ādi nānyathā || iti | mano-gati-gamanādīnāṃ tu tat-sambandhenaiva kvacid bhakti-śabda- vācyatoktā | tad-anugrāhyatābhimāna-mayī prītir eva bhakti-śabdasya mukhyo'rthaḥ | te cānugrāhyābhimānino dvividhāḥ | poṣaṇam anukampā cety anugrahasya dvaividhyāt | poṣaṇam atra bhagavatā svarūpa-dvārā sva- guṇa-dvārā cānandanam | anukampā ca pūrṇe'pi svasmin nija-sevādy- abhilāṣaṃ sampādya sevakādiṣu sevādi-saubhāgya-sampādikā bhagavadaś cittārdratāmayī tad-upakārecchā | teṣu dvividheṣu keṣucid bhagavati nirmamāḥ keṣucit samamāś ca | tatra bhagavati paramātma-para-brahma- bhāvenānandanīyābhimānino nirmamā jñāni-bhaktāḥ śrī-sanakādayaḥ | teṣāṃ tad-abhimānitve'pi tatra nirmamatvam - saty api bhedāpagame nātha tavāhaṃ na māmakīnas tvam | sāmudro hi taraṅgaḥ kvacana samudro na tāraṅgaḥ || itivat | tava candra-darśanavan mamatāṃ vināpi teṣāṃ bhagavad-darśanaṃ prītidaṃ syāt | ānukūlyaṃ cātra tat-pravaṇatva-tat-stuty-ādinā jñeyam | eṣāṃ prītiś ca jñāna-bhakty-ākhyā | jñānatvaṃ brahma-ghanatvenaivānubhavāt | eṣaiva śānty-ākhyayocyate | śama-pradhānatvāt | śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddher [BhP 11.19.36] iti bhagavad-vākyam | athānukampyāḥ samamā bhaktāḥ | eṣāṃ hi asmākaṃ prabhur ayam iti bhāvena mamatodbhūtā | etad abhipretyaivānanya-mamatety ādi-vaktṛtvaṃ kevala-bhaktānāṃ śrī-bhīṣmoddhava-prahlāda-nāradādīnām evoktaṃ na tu sanakādīnām api | ato mamatodbhavād evānukampyās tad-abhimāninaś ca te | anukampyatvaṃ trividhaṃ | pālyatvaṃ bhṛtyatvaṃ lālyatvaṃ ca | tat-traividhyena kramāt te śrī-bhagavati pālaka iti bhāvā dvārakā-prajādayaḥ | sevya iti bhāvāḥ śrī-dārukādi-sevakāḥ gurur iti bhāvāḥ śrī-pradyumna-gada- prabhṛti-putrā nṛjādaya iti | eṣāṃ trividhānām api prītir bhaktire eva | pūrvāpekṣayā caiṣāṃ prīter ānukūlyātmatādhikyādāv ṛtajñānāṃśatvenāsyām eva śrī-rasāmṛta-sindhau prītir ity (page 47) evākhyā kṛtā | sā ca bhaktiḥ krameṇa pālyānām āśrayātmikā, bhṛtyānāṃ dāsyātmikā, lālyānāṃ praśrayātmikā jñeyā | yā tu mahad-buddhyā cittādara-lakṣaṇa-bhaktir namaskārādi-kārya-vyaṅgyā sā khalu prītir na bhavatīti nātra gaṇyate | tat-tad-bhāvaṃ vinaiva kevalādara-mayī prītiś ced bhakti-sāmānyatvena jñeyā | atha putro'yam ity ādibhāvenānukampitvābhimāna-mayī prīitr vātsalyam | vatsaṃ vakṣo lātīti niruktir hi tatraiva jhaṭiti pratītiṃ gamayati | prīti-mātre tu tad-upalakṣaṇatvenaiva prayogaḥ | laukika-rasajñāś ca kecid atraiva vatsalākhyaṃ rasaṃ manyante | tathodāhṛtaṃ śrī-devahūtyāḥ putra-viyoge vatse gaur iva vatsalā [BhP 3.33.21] iti | tasmād vātsalyaṃ śrī-vrajeśvarīṇām | atha mat-sama-madhura-śīla-vacanayaṃ nirupādhimat-praṇayāśray-viśeṣa iti bhāvena mitratvābhimāna-mayī prītiḥ maitry-ākhyā dvividhāḥ | paraspara- nirupādhikopakāra-rasikatā-mayī sauhṛdākhyā | saha-vihāra-śāli- praṇayamayī sakhyākhyā ceti | tato mitrāṇi ca dvividhāni | suhṛdaḥ sakhāyaś ceti | tatra sauhṛdaṃ śrī-yudhiṣṭhira-bhīṣma-draupadī-padyādiṣv aṃśena dṛśyate | sakhyaṃ śrīmad-arjuna-śrīdāmādiṣu | atha kānto'yam iti prītiḥ kānta-bhāvaḥ | eṣa eva priyatā-śabdena śrī- rasāmṛta-sindhau paribhāṣitā | priyāyā bhāvaḥ priyateti | laukika-rasikair atraiva rati-saṃjñā svīkriyate | eṣa eva kāma-tulyatvāt śrī-gopikāsu kāmādi- śabdenāpy abhihitaḥ | smarākhyakāma-viśeṣas tv anyaḥ vailakṣaṇyāt | kāma- sāmānyaṃ khalu spṛhā-sāmānyātmakam | prīti-sāmānyaṃ tu viṣayānukūlyātmakas tad-anugata-viṣaya-spṛhādimayo jñāna-viśeṣa iti lakṣitam | tato dvayoḥ sāmānya-prāya-ceṣṭatve'pi kāma-sāmānyasya ceṣṭā svīyānukūlya-tātparyā | tatra kutracid viṣayānukūlyaṃ ca sva-sukha-kārya- bhūtam eveti tatra gauṇa-vṛttir eva prīti-śabdaḥ | śuddha-prīti-mātrasya ceṣṭā tu priyānukūlya-tātparyaiva | tatra tad-anugatam eva cātma-sukham iti mukhya-vṛttir eva prīti-śabdaḥ | ataeva yathā-pūrvaṃ sukha-prīti-sāmānyayor ullāsātmakatayā sāmye'py ānukūlyāṃśena prīti-sāmānyasya vaiśiṣṭyaṃ darśitam | tathā kāma-prīti- sāmānyayor api spṛhā-viśeṣātmakatayā sāmye'pi tenaiva vaiśiṣṭyaṃ siddham | atra tu - yat te sujāta-caraṇāmburuhaṃ staneṣu bhītāḥ śanaiḥ priya dadhīmahi karkaśeṣu [BhP 10.31.19] ity ādibhir atikramyāpi svānukūlyaṃ priyānu (page 48) kūlya-tātparyasyaiva darśitatvāt śuddha-prīti-viśeṣa- rūpatvam eva labhyate | atas tad-viśeṣatvaṃ ca spṛhā-viśeṣātmakatvāt siddham | tato'tra śrī-kṛṣṇa-viṣayatvena kubjādi-sambandhi-kāmavad aprākṛta-kāmatvasyāpy anabhyupagame sati prākṛta-kāmatvaṃ tu sutarām asiddham | tathā darśitaṃ ca - vikrīḍitaṃ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ śraddhānvito yaḥ śṛṇuyād atha varṇayed vā | bhaktiṃ parāṃ bhagavati parilabhya kāmaṃ hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ || [BhP 10.33.40] ity anena | yad vikrīḍitaṃ khalu nija-śravaṇa-dvārāpy anyeṣāṃ dūra-deśa-kāla- sthitānām api śīghram eva yaṃ kāmam apanayat paramaṃ premāṇaṃ vitanoti | tat punas tat kāma-mayaṃ na syāt | api tu parama-prema-viśeṣa- mayam eva | na hi paṅkena paṅkaṃ kṣālyate | na tu svayam asnehaḥ snehayati | ataeva tasya bhāvasya śuddha-prema-mayatvaṃ nigadenaivoktvā śuddhatve hetutayā punas tena bhagavat-prasādaś ca darśitaḥ | bhagavān āha tā vīkṣya śuddha-bhāva-prasāditaḥ [BhP 10.22.1] iti | tasyātmarāma-śiromaṇes tena ramaṇaṃ ca darśitam-kṛtvā tāvantam ātmānam [BhP 10.33.19] ity-ādibhiḥ | vaśīkṛtatvaṃ ca svayaṃ darśitaṃ-na pāraye'haṃ niravadya-saṃyujām [BhP 10.32.22] ity ādinā | tatra niravadyeti prīteḥ śuddhatvam | sva-sādhukṛtyam iti paramottamotkṛṣṭatvam | na pāraya iti svavaśīkāratvam | ataḥ śuddha- prema-jātiṣu tasya paramtvād eva śrīmad-uddhavenāpy evam uktam- vāñchanti yad bhava-bhiyo munayo vayaṃ ca [BhP 10.47.58] iti | tasmāt sarvataḥ paramaiva kānta-bhāva-rūpā prītir iti sthitam | tad evaṃ jñāna-bhaktir bhaktir vātsalyaṃ maitrī kānta-bhāva iti tad- bhāvābhimānayor bhedena pañca-vidhā prītiḥ | etāś ca jñāna-bhakty-ādayaḥ kvacit miśratayāpi vartante | tatra śrī-bhīṣmādau jñāna-bhakty-āśraya- bhaktī | śrī-yudhiṣṭhire sauhṛdyāntarbhūte āśraya-bhakti-vātsalye | śrī- bhīmasya sakhyam api | śrī-kuntyām āśraya-bhakty-antarbhūtaṃ vātsalyam | śrī-vasudeva-devakyor bhakti-sāmānya-vātsalye | tathā tathā darśanāt | śrīmad-uddhavasya dāsyāntarbhūtaṃ sakhyaṃ-tvaṃ me bhṛtyaḥ suhṛt sakhā [BhP 11.11.48] iti śrī-bhagavad-ukteḥ | śrī-baladevasya sakhya-vātsalya- bhaktayaḥ | tatra vātsalya-sakhye-- kvacit krīḍā-pariśrāntaṃ gopotsaṅgopabarhaṇam | svayaṃ viśramayaty āryaṃ pāda-saṃvāhanādibhiḥ || nṛtyato gāyataḥ kvāpi valgato yudhyato mithaḥ | gṛhīta-hastau gopālān hasantau praśaśaṃsatuḥ || [BhP 10.15.14-15] ity ādiṣu | bhaktiś ca prāyo māyāstu me bhartuḥ [BhP 10.13.37] ity-ādi-tad-uktiṣu | atra ca tasya vraje sakhyāntarbhūte vātsalya-sakhye aiśvarya-prakāśa-maya- līlāviṣkārāt | vraje tasyāgrajatvaṃ śrī-vasudeva-nandanayor bhrātṛtva- prasiddheḥ | śrīman-nandena putratayā pālanāc ca | yathoktaṃ-- bhrātar mama sutaḥ kaccin mātrā saha bhavad-vraje | tātaṃ bhavantaṃ manvāno bhavadbhyām upalālitaḥ || [BhP 10.5.27] iti | vadanti tāvakā hy ete kumārās te'grajo'pyayam [BhP 10.8.34] iti ca | evaṃ śrī-paṭṭa-mahiṣīṣu dāsya-miśraḥ kānta-bhāvaḥ | śrīmad-vraja-devīṣu sakhya-miśra ity ādikaṃ jñeyam | (page 49) atha tat-tad-bhāvābhimāno vināṃ tu yā prītiḥ sā sāmānyā tādṛśatvāyogyānāṃ bhavati | yathā mithilā-prayāṇa -- ānarta-dhanva-kuru-jāṅgala-kaṅka-matsya- pāñcāla-kunti-madhu-kekaya-kośalārṇāḥ | anye ca tan-mukha-sarojam udāra-hāsa- snigdhekṣaṇaṃ nṛpa papur dṛśibhir nṛ-nāryaḥ || [BhP 10.86.20] ity atra keṣāṃcit | ete ca nirmamā jñeyāḥ | kiṃ ca teṣv eteṣu bhagavat-priyeṣu sāmānya-śāntau taṭasthākhyau | anayoḥ prītiś ca taṭasthākhyā | teṣu ca pālya-bhṛtyau anugatau | tayor bhaktiś ca sambhrama-prīty-ākhyā | lālyādayas tu bāndhavāḥ | teṣāṃ prītiś ca bāndhavatākhyā jñeyā | tair etaiḥ prīti-bhedaiḥ priya-bhedān prati svasya bhajanīyatā-bhedā uktāḥ - yeṣām ahaṃ priya ātmā sutaś ca sakhā guruḥ suhṛdo daivam iṣṭam [BhP 3.25.38] iti | priyaḥ kāntaḥ | ātmā paramātmā | sutaḥ putra-bhrātṛjādi-rūpaḥ anuja-rūpaś ca | sakhā praṇaya-pūrvakaḥ saha khelati yaḥ | guru-pitrādi-rūpaḥ | suhṛdo dvividhāḥ sambandhino nirupādhi-hita-kāriṇaś ca | tatra pūrveṣāṃ priyatvādau praveśād uttare gṛhyante | daivam iṣṭam āśrayaṇīyaḥ sevyaś cety arthaḥ | etān bhāvāṃś ca vinā sāmānya-prīti-viṣaya iti bhāvaḥ | atha pūrvoktā raty-ādi-bhāvā udāhriyante | tatra ratim āha- tatrānvahaṃ kṛṣṇa-kathāḥ pragāyatām anugraheṇāśṛṇavaṃ manoharāḥ | tāḥ śraddhayā me 'nupadaṃ viśṛṇvataḥ priyaśravasy aṅga mamābhavad ruciḥ || tasmiṃs tadā labdha-rucer mahā-mate priyaśravasy askhalitā matir mama | yayāham etat sad-asat sva-māyayā paśye mayi brahmaṇi kalpitaṃ pare || [BhP 1.5.26-27] mayi śuddha-jīve vyaṣṭi-rūpaṃ pare brahmaṇi ca samaṣṭi-rūpam adhyāropitam | || 1.5 || śrī-nāradaḥ śrī-vyāsam || 84 ||

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Anuccheda 73

In this way the supremely sweet perfection of pure spiritual love (priti) has been described. Now the nature of incomplete spiritual love (priter asamyag-avirbhava) will be described. Incomplete spiritual love is of two kinds: 1. the reflection of love (tad-abhasodaya) and 2. the partial manifestation of love (isad-udgama). The second of these is also of two kinds: 1. the ocassional partial manifestation of love (kadacid udbhava-tuccha-vimatratvam) and 2. the first manifestation of love (tad-udayavastha). When one has some other intention, but spiritual love is sometimes manifest, that is the reflection of love (tad-abhasodaya). When one specifically does not desire spiritual love at all and that love is manifest, that is the ocassional partial manifestation of love (kadacid udbhava- tuccha-vimatratvam). When, by destiny, one desires spiritual love alone and nothing else, that is the first manifestation of love (tad-udayavastha). The lack of desires for anything else is a secondary feature of that spiritual love. That lack of material desire is of two kinds: 1. when material desires are almost completely destroyed (nasta-prayatvam) and 2. when material desires are present only as a reflection (tad-abhasa- matratvam). Of these two the first is present in the first manifestation of spiritual love (prathamodayavastha) and the second is present when spiritual love is fully manifest (prakatodayavastha). In the first manifestation of spiritual love (prathamodayavastha), that love is manifest incompletely. In the full manifestation of spiritual love (prakatodayavastha), that love is manifest completely. When there is no longer any contact with material desire the manifestation is called "tad-darsita-prabhava" (the glory is revealed). From the first moment when spiritual love is completely manifest (prakatodayavastha), the devotee is completely liberated even while living in the material world (jivan-mukta). The devotees who attain the highest stage of liberation (parama-mukta) become personal associates of the Supreme Lord (bhagavat-parsada). Thus the eternally liberated (nitya-mukta) devotees are eternal associates of the Supreme Lord (nitya-parsada). The stage when material desires are present only as a reflection (tad-abhasa-matratvam) is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (3.28.34):

evam harau bhagavati pratilabdha-bhavo bhaktya dravad-dhrdaya utpulakah pramodat autkanthya-baspa-kalaya muhur ardyamanas tac capi citta-badisam sanakair viyunkte

"By following this course, the yogi gradually develops pure love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari. In the course of his progress in devotional service, the hairs on his body stand erect through excessive joy, and he is constantly bathed in a stream of tears occasioned by intense love. Gradually, even the mind, which he used as a means to attract the Lord, as one attracts a fish to a hook, withdraws from material activity."

In this verse the words "evam harau pratilabdha- bhavah" mean "by following the previously desrcibed practice of devotional seervice mixed with yoga (yoga-misra- bhakti) one attaisn love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead". The signs that this love is present are described in the passage beginning with the word "bhaktya". "Bhaktya" here means "the activities of devotional service, which begin with hearing about the Supreme Lord". Then the verse explains: "By tasting ythe sweetness of the Lord as one meditates on him, one's mind gradually withdraws from material activity (cittam sanakair viyunkte)". In this way, by practicing yoga, one becomes fixed in devotional service. Then one becomes free from the deception that is impersonal so-called liberation. That freedom from the fallacy of impersonalist philosophy is described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.2):

dharmah projjhita-kaitavo 'tra paramah

"Completely rejecting all religious activities which are materially motivated, this Bhagavata Purana propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are fully pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries. This beautiful Bhagavatam, compiled by the great sage Vyasadeva [in his maturity], is sufficient in itself for God realization. What is the need of any other scripture? As soon as one attentively and submissively hears the message of Bhagavatam, by this culture of knowledge the Supreme Lord is established within his heart."

In these words the prefix "pra" in the word projjhita" refers to the desception that is impersonalist philosophy. In srimad-Bhagavatam 3.28.34 the word badisa" (fishhook) refers to the manifestation of harshness, dryness, crookedness, pride, and selfishness. The pure devotees (suddha-bhakta) never abandon their meditation on the Lord. This truth is confirmed by Maharaja Pariksit in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (2.8.5):

dhautatma purusah krsna- pada-mulam na muncati mukta-sama-pariklesah panthah sva-saranam yatha

"A pure devotee of the Lord whose heart has once been cleansed by the process of devotional service never relinquishes the lotus feet of Lord Krsna, for they fully satisfy him, as a traveler is satisfied at home after a troubled journey."

This truth is also confirmed by sri Narada in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (1.5.19):

na vai jano jatu kathancanavrajen mukunda-sevy anyavad anga samsrtim smaran mukundanghry-upaguhanam punar vihatum icchen na rasa-graho janah

"My dear Vyasa, even though a devotee of Lord Krsna sometimes falls down somehow or other, he certainly does not undergo material existence like others (fruitive workers etc.) becauase a person who has once relished the taste of the lotus feet of the Lord can do nothing but remember that ecstasy again and again."

This verse affirms that a person who has once tasted the nectar (rasa-grahah) of serving Lord Krsna can never abandon the nectar of that service. To him everything else is like iron or rocks or other hard and dry things. The Supreme Lord will not abandon His devotee either. These truths are confirmed by the demigod Brahma in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (3.9.5):

bhaktya grhita-caranah paraya ca tesam napaisi natha hrdayamburuhat sva-pumsam

"O my Lord, persons who smell the aroma of Your lotus feet, carried by the air of Vedic sound through the holes of the ears, accept Your devotional service. For them You are never separated from the lotus of their hearts."

This truth is also described by sri Avirhotra in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.55):

visrjati hrdayam na yasya saksat. . .

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead never leaves the heart of His devotee."

In srimad-Bhagavatam 3.9.5, in the word "sva- pumsam" (of His own devotees), the prefix "sva" (own) modifies the word "pumsam". The stage when material desires are present only as a reflection (tad-abhasa) is described by Lord Kapiladeva in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (3.25.26):

bhaktya puman jata-viragah. . .

"Thus consciously engaged in devotional service in the association of devotees, a person gains distaste for sense gratification, both in this world and in the next, by constantly thinking about the activities of the Lord. This process of Krsna consciousness is the easiest process of mystic power: when one is actually situated on that path of devotional service, he is able to control the mind."

The devotee described in this verse is also described in the previous verse of srimad-Bhagavatam (3.25.25):

sraddha ratir bhaktir anukramisyati

"In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service begin."

These verses describe devotional service. They do not describe anything else. In answer to a question about the characteristics of devotional service, Lord Kapiladeva spoke these words (srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.32):

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

The devotees never desire to attain impersonal liberation. This is among the devotees' most important characteristics. This Lord Kapiladeva affirms in the following verse of srimad- Bhagavatam (3.25.34):

naikatmatam me sprhayanti kecit. . .

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

Lord Kapila also explained (srimad-Bhagavatam 3.35.33):

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."

Devotional service thus destroys the subtle body composed of maya. This destruction is a by-product of devotional service. In srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.26 it was seen that, with the help of transcendental knowledge and other attainments, devotional service grants liberation. This is merely one of the by-products of devotional service. In that verse the reflection of devotional service (bhakty-abhasa) was described. It is again described in these words of srimad-Bhagavatam (6.9.29):

drstva tam avanau sarva iksana-hlada-viklavah dandavat patita rajan chanair utthaya tustuvuh

"Surrounding and serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, were sixteen personal attendants, decorated with ornaments and appearing exactly like Him but without the mark of srivatsa and the Kaustubha jewel. O King, when all the demigods saw the Supreme Lord in that posture, smiling with eyes like the petals of lotuses grown in autumn, they were overwhelmed with happiness and immediately fell down like rods, offering dandavats. Then they slowly rose and pleased the Lord by offering Him prayers."

The demigods mentioned in this verse, demigods who yearned to regain their kingdoms by killing Vrtrasura, manifested the reflection of devotional service (bhakty-abhasa). That is described here. The srimad-Bhagavatam verse quoted in the beginning of this anuccheda was spoken by Lord Kapiladeva.