Sutra 84. Ya Idam Naaradaproktam Sivaanusaasanam Viswasiti sraddhatte Sa Bhaktimaan Bhavati sa preshtam labhate sa preshtam labhate iti.
[He who believes and has faith in this auspicious teaching
expounded by Narada becomes endowed with Bhakti and realises the most beloved
Lord, attains the most beloved Lord.]
Ya: who
Idam: this
Naaradaproktam: recited by Narada
Sivaanusaasanam: auspicious teaching
Viswasati: believes
Shraddhate: practises with faith
Sah: he
Bhaktimaan: possessed of devotion
Bhavati: becomes
Preshtam: the most beloved Lord;
Labhate: realises, obtains
Sa: He
Prestham: the most beloved Lord
Labhate: attains
Iti: thus.
This is the Phala Sruti. What is got is the most beloved
Lord. Preshta is the object of Love. It is used here as a synonym for the highest goal of human life.
Iti- thus. This word marks the end of the treatise.
Narada now describes the fruit of devotion. He says that
he who believes, respects and practises these holy teachings originally laid
down by the first Teacher of Bhakti, Lord Siva, enunciated and elaborated by
Devarishi Narada, attains God in the form of the “Beloved.”
"Preshtam Labhate" or "the devotee attains his object of desire / love" is repeated twice in this sutra.
This is in line with the upanishad verse in Brahmananda Valli in Taittiriya upanishad which says that when one discovers / realizes Brahman as Sathyam, Jnanam and Anantam in the cave of his heart, along with the realization of Brahman, all his desires are at once fulfilled!!!
So, in the repetition of the line twice, perhaps, the hidden lesson for the Bhaktas who reach to this last verse of the sutra is as under:-
"When, in divine Love, absorbing and practicing and living as the essence of the sutras in this Bhakti treatise, one realizes his Loving God within his heart (1st preshtam labhate), along with that, he attains / gets all the objects of his desire (2nd preshtam labhate), where, the key or the punch expression taught by the author to a few in the taittiriya upanishad session is - "along with realization of God, all his desires are also attained simultaneously and at once - PROVIDED ---- ANY DESIRE IS STILL LEFT OUT UPON REALIZING GOD".
Chinmaya concludes this sutra with these lines, as though
emerging from Lord supreme
“Though I am never loath to grant salvation,
I hesitate indeed to grant pure love,
He who wins pure love, surpasses all,
He is adored by men,
He triumphs over the three worlds”
Glory to the Lord ! Glory to Sage Narada !
Glory to all Saints, Bhaktas, Bhagavatas and Mahatmas and all realized masters, Glory to the path of Divine Love !
Om Tat Sat ! Om Santi, Santi, Santi !
Glory to Guru Sathyaji. Wonderful exposition of 84 Narada Sutras. I was not aware of the existence of Narada Sutra. All the sutras have been explained and interpreted in a simple and easy to understand language. Like me, many of the devotees would have been benefited. Quintessence of Upanishads and vedas have been given through the explanation of sutras. Eagerly looking forward to starting of a new theme.
ReplyDeleteLove is God. God is Love. Let us Live a life full of divine love
Sairam. Humble pranams at the louts feet of our beloved Bahgwan Shri Sathya Sai Baba.
ReplyDeleteJai Jai Sairams to the Author for such wonderful spiritual Knowledge / Jnana sharing for the sake of devotees.
This whole journey is for the devotees who are suffering in this samsara sagaram, as to how this divine knowledge must be understood, absorbed and experienced, to totally get relieved from the clutches of Bahvasagara and merge with our Swami. One should go to the depth of each post and experience the rasa / essence of expressions given, rather than reading and gaining the intellectual knowledge and use it for sharing with others, without experiencing it's truth within.
It is impossible as a jiva to make this wonder journey happen. It is Sai Himself from within the Author, as the author has accepted in many posts, who has made this happen for the sake of us, the devotees to gain the jnana through this wonderful Journey.
Lucky are those, who can even get to glance these post in this lifetime.
Jai Jai Sairam.