Narada Bhakti Sutra [1:2]

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That (Devotion/Bhakti) indeed(Tu) is `parama praema roopaa'(supreme

love) in that(God/asmin). [1:2]

 

Total love for the Lord demands nothing, not even liberation.

 

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

Nobody else; nothing else; no one else; but Asmin.

 

but Asmin !

 

'asmin' – no specific name is mentioned.

Usually, specific names are Brahman, Atman, Iswara, Rama,

Krishna,Shiva…

 

'that' indicates both manisfest and the unmanisfest;

the immanent and transcendent;

with form and without form.

'Tu' in the ordinary or lower love, a lover expects a return.

Narada distinguishes the 'ordinary love' and the

'pure divine love' by 'Tu'='indeed'.

Love is the relationship that grows in joy and ecstasy between

the lover and the beloved. Thereafter it becomes a bond that

holds them together into a permanent intimacy in joyous abandon.

 

 

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Ramakrishna Mission's Narada Bhakti Sutras and Swami Chinmayananda's

discourses on Narada Bhakti Sutra are used. The books can be purchased

from the Missions.

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Raghava