Ocean of Nectar 030: Śrī Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.28-36

Posted on | July 4, 2010 | No Comments

esotericteaching.org tatraiva (3.29.13) — sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-sārūpyaikatvam apy uta | dīyamānaṁ na gṛhṇanti vinā mat-sevanaṁ janāḥ ||1.2.28|| Kapila also says [in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.29.13] A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation—sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya, sārūpya or ekatva—even though they are offered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, if they are not accompanied by service. caturthe śrī-dhruvoktau (4.9.10) — yā nirvṛtis tanu-bhṛtāṁ tava pāda-padma- dhyānād bhavaj-jana-kathā-śravaṇena vā syāt | sā brahmaṇi sva-mahimany api nātha mā bhūt kiṁ tv antakāsi-lulitāt patatāṁ vimānāt ||1.2.29|| In the Fourth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [4.9.10], Dhruva says: My Lord, the transcendental bliss derived from meditating upon Your lotus feet or hearing about Your glories from pure devotees is so unlimited that it is far beyond the stage of brahmānanda, wherein one thinks himself merged in the impersonal Brahman as one with the Supreme. Since brahmānanda is also defeated by the transcendental bliss derived from devotional service, then what to speak of the temporary blissfulness of elevating oneself to the heavenly planets, which is ended by the separating sword of time? Although one may be elevated to the heavenly planets, he falls down in due course of time. tatraiva śrīmad-ādirājoktau (4.20.24) — na kāmaye nātha tad apy ahaṁ kvacin na yatra yuṣmac-caraṇāmbujāsavaḥ | mahattamāntar-hṛdayān …

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