Bhakti in the Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam: Devotion to the divine — one of the principal paths to liberation, alongside Jnana (knowledge) and Karma (righteous action).
Devotion to the divine — one of the principal paths to liberation, alongside Jnana (knowledge) and Karma (righteous action).
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…heart is full of unbounded mercy; for Thou dost certainly feel compassion for these Bhaktas that are full of Bhakti towards Thee. O Mother! what more shall I say than this, that Bhagavân Madhusûdan Vishnu, though married to Kamalâ, born from only a part of Thine, c…
…ately our enemy Mahi s âsura. Now dost Thou do for us so that we can always recollect Thy lotus feet, and our Bhakti be firm and steadfast towards Thee. It is only the Mother the bears the thousand offences of the son; we, therefore, cannot say why men, knowing this…
…ar; but when quenched, they do not like to drink any more. O King! Your name and fame are widely spread. Your Bhakti (devotion) to the Purâ n as is growing more and more daily. A speaker gets very much delighted when his audience hears him with undivided attention.…
…be disclosed indiscriminately to anybody. Those that are peaceful, self-restrained, devoted, and possessed of Bhakti to the Devî, the disciples that are devoted to their Gurus and the eldest son, those are the fit recipients thereof. Whoever reads or hears with grea…
…her! O Parames'varî! Now describe to me Thy Real Self as exemplified in all the Vedântas; and also Jñâna with Bhakti approved by the Vedas in the same way that Thou hast shown already this favour to me, so that by That Knowledge I will be able to realise Thy Self. 7…
…tis, attached to Brahma (practising the Yogic union with Brahma). He should approach to him with an unfeigned Bhakti. He should day and night, without any laziness, do S'rava n am, Mananam, and Nididhyâsanam (hearing, thinking and deeply realising) the Vedânta sayin…
Chapter XXXVII On Bhakti Yoga 1. The Himâlayâs said :-- "O Mother! Now describe your Bhaki Yoga, by which ordinary men who have no dispassion get the knowledge of Brahma easi…
…certainly deliver him from this ocean of the world. O King of mountains! Meditation with Karma and Jñâna with Bhakti will lead one to Me. Only the work alone will fail to get one to Me. O Himavan! From Dharma arises Bhakti and from Bhakti arises the Highest Jñâna. W…
…g on the attributes of the Bhagavân. So who is there that does not serve the Bhagavân! He who has got Niskâma Bhakti (devotion without regard to any fruits thereof) to the Bhagavân, to him come always the Devatâ, Dharma and Jñâna and other higher qualities. But he w…
…a and the Parama Puru s a; so good birth, beauty, intelligence, oratory or good form, nothing can please Him. Bhakti (devotion) can only attract Him. If that be not the case, then why will He, the elder of Lak s ma n a, the Bhagavân, the son of Das'aratha make frien…
…ving aside the egoism of this body, the seat of all evils, the people at last will take resort to the path of Bhakti and set their minds on Thee, Who art beyond the pale of the three Gu n as. If, like the ignorant persons very much attached to this world as well as…
…ments all over Her body. Her body looks as if the crores of moons have risen all at once; She is the Giver of Bhakti (devotion) towards Krishna, services towards Krishna; and She bestows all wealth and prosperity. In Varâha Kalpa, i.e., when the Varâha incarnation t…