Narada Bhakti Sutram 22--Live Fast and Die Young

Embodiments of Love!

Text for sutram 22

तत्रापि न महात्म्यज्ञान विस्मृत्य पवादः

Transliteration for sutrams 22

tatrāpi na māhātmya-jñāna-vismṛty-apavādaḥ

Simple meaning for 22

Even in the case of the gopīs, one cannot criticize them for forgetting the Lord's greatness.

Word by word meaning-22

tatra — there/ in that place;

api — even;

na — there is not;

māhātmya — of greatness;

jñāna — of awareness;

vismṛti — of forgetting;

apavādaḥ — criticism.

My Explanations:

Often, love and respects are in conflict.

Respect needs a certain distance and love cannot tolerate any distance.

However, Divine Love is a combination of love and respect and both are totally nurtured.

Okay, even going by the prescription of Narada there is a geometrical progression and love should culminate in the liberation of the soul through the path of fearlessness

There are a few arguments I will put forth to emphasise this sutram

Discrimination is called Kaivalya in Hindu Faith; Discrimination is seven fold ( do you correlate this with the Hindu faith that there are 7 worlds up and 7 worlds down the earth?; we cannot discuss that here as it is out of scope)

They are called 7 Jnana Bhumikas

4 are objective and 3 are subjective

1)  I have known all that was to be known and nothing further remains to know. The dissatisfied state of mind has disappeared. All doubts vanish.

2)  Nothing can give me any pain.

3)  By attaining Kaivalya, I have attained everything and nothing more remains. (Here he is an Aptakama).

4)  I have fulfilled all my duties now. (Here he is a Krita-kritya). My mind is at complete rest. All distractions have vanished. (Here the freedom of the mind is threefold).

5)  The Gunas have all dropped away, like stones from the mountain-top, never to rise up again.

6)  I am what I am, ever free. I am established in my Self. I am all bliss and knowledge.

7)     I have no connections. I am Kevala Purusha.

So the Gopis who were the extremely realized souls would have attained the Kaivalya state where the differences vanish making the  “ Advaita  mode” of existence possible

Perfection is attained when the intellect becomes as pure as the Atman itself. When the soul realizes that it is absolutely independent and it does not depend on anything else in this world, this highest knowledge, Kaivalya, Isolation or perfect independence comes in. The soul feels that it is ever free, unchanging, immortal, beginningless, endless, infinite, beyond time, space and causation, full of bliss, peace and knowledge.

Here the Gopis were the realized soul

Now the question comes:

“Does a realized soul need Love and require to respect Godhood?”

Gopis limited the unlimited! How was it possible?

Gopis identified themselves with Krishna in the true sense of Satchitananda!

But the devotee never considers God to be her slave. The devotee always considers that she is the slave. Meanwhile, God has become her slave.

Sri Krishna said in the Bhagavad Gita, 'I am seated in my devotee's heart.'

So if the heart is full of love, that is Radha,  Krishna must be there.

When the heart reaches out, God is powerless.

Devotee’s intellect, which is Krishna – what happens with that? It dissolves. In love, like a block of ice dissolving in the ocean,

So if your heart is full of love that is Radha, and where Radha is, Krishna can't stay away.

Krishna must come!

Gopis and Krishna are complementary to each other!
(Note: Radha is considered to be a symbolic representation of Gopis)

Okay friends! I have tried to share my views; Love(Bhakti) is such a great subject that even thousands of rajagopals cannot define in mere words.
After all Love has to liberate people; that’s what happened in the case of Gopis!

Do love! Get Liberated!

धन्यवाद:

See you in the next episode
With lots of love

श्वस्ति , मङ्गलं भूयात्
राजगोपालः

rajagopal

21.05.2013