shandilya bhakti sutra

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. The path of Jnana or Knowledge and path 
of Karma viz. Rituals are to be followed till 
one's heart becomes untinted at the dawn of 
Shraddha as threshing the paddy is to be 
continued till grains are husked. 

Without taking recourse to 
Bhakti, Jnana cannot be purified. Therefore so 
long one does not follow the path of unalloyed 
devotion, due to eclipsed knowledge one may 
take oneself to either path of Karma-yoga Or 
path of Jnana-yoga, but without Bhakti, no purifi- 
cation of heart is possible. Bhakti is the sine- 
qua-non of the cognised soul, totally free from 
quagmire of maya.

In the previous aphorism we come to know 
that neither Karma-yoga nor jnana-yoga can 
make the soul cognised with intuitive wisdom to 
the subjective Realisation of Supreme Godhead 

Bhakti has got nothing with mental or 
physical exercise. Bhakti Is the very nature of the 
soul. Soul at Its unconditional state, free from 
mayic bondage naturally becomes dovetailed In 
the unalloyed service to Supreme Godhead. 


'Those who, abandoning the path of 
unalloyed devotion to the Lotus Feet of God- 
head the Source of true-well-being, labour for 
dry abstract knowledge for its own sake, 
toil 
in vain like those who pound empty husks 
of paddy.

Why Karma*yoga and Jnana-yoga are prescribed? 
Because at the initial stage before the 
dawn of Bhakti they may result in purifying 
the mind but not absolutely defacto to enhance 
Bhakti. 

By this means, their heart is very soon freed 
from every spot of scrapes and becomes pure 
and stainless; and with the morning-twilight of 
Name, as 
the heart is purified by constant 
remembrance

That Name wipes out all offences 

Forthwith gives the relish and taste of 

Krishnanama 

Cuts asunder the very knot of Samsara- 
(How I enjoy the sweetness of Krishna- 
nama) 

Summum bonum of life is attained there- 



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atmanam satatam janam