a sort of vacuum and restlessness without God. Pre-conditions are feeling, thinking and realizing in a particular frame ‘Atha’īegins after the fulfillment of these pre-conditions. Literally it means -įiguratively the word refers to the pre-conditions which should beįulfilled before the journey on the path of ‘Bhakti’ is begun. These aphorisms form the contains of the scripture entitled ‘Narada Bhakti Sutra’.Ĭombination of ‘Atha’ (now) and ‘Atah’ (therefore). Saying so, the sage delivered a discourse on devotion in 84 aphorisms. I shall explain devotion to you in the form of sutra (aphorism). Its full explanation will be given by you in ‘Srimad Bhagavatam’. Now, you have taken the problem of devotion. The sage said, “You have discussed the problem of knowledge in the Uttaram Makasa. I, therefore humbly ask you to me the virtue of devotion.” Many paths lead to freedom but they have importance only in so far as they are auxiliary to devotion. Sitting in his hermitage of Badarikashrama, one day Sri Ved Vyasa asked sage Narada, “ Man seeks freedom.
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