bhakthi

 

Bhakti is in the realm of exploring the relation    between the living human being  who is living                  with limitations and the Supreme                 Being with infinite mahima..

However, on some situations, Bhakti, defined and distorted perhaps in many ways, enters the realm of politics, and one strong man or group gets legitimacy to rule over the liberty and possessions of others invoking that religion.

This leads to grave dangers.

A definition of any word is good enough and safe only in the hands of a person who respects orders. Charging with spears or drawn swords calling out diving name of any religion is also given the colour of Bhakti.

reach krishna in any way

 

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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧- 𝐌𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐚𝐦- 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐦- 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦- 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬

𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐦-𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢-- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭

𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐮, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐡𝐚

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝.

𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐮, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐣𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐓𝐚.

𝐀𝐤𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐚, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦-𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 understanding 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧

𝐀𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐚,𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩! 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝- 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭-तद् विष्णोः परमं पदं

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚.. 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦

श्रवणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः स्मरणं पादसेवनम्। अर्चनं वन्दनं दास्यं सख्यमात्मनिवेदनम्।। (श्रीमद्भा० ७। ५। २३)

𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐇 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦.

𝐊 𝐯 𝐚

विष्णोः श्रवणे in hearing the glory of Lord Vishnu

परीक्षित् king Pareekshit कीर्तने in praising Vishnu वैयासिकः the son of Vyasa..Shukabrahmam स्मरणे in ever meditating single minded प्रह्लादः Prahlada तद् अङ्घ्रि भजने in serving the feet of the Lord Vishnu लक्ष्मीः mother Lakshmi पूजने in offering worship पृथुः king Prithu अभिवन्दने in ever prostrating and paying respects अक्रूरः Akroora दास्ये in working as faithful servant कपिपतिः the leader of monkeys Hanuman सख्ये in friendship अर्जुनः Arjuna सर्वस्व निवेदने in offering all that he had बलिः Mahabali च सततं निरताः were ever engaged तेषां पदं कैवल्यं अभूत् their ultimate destination was emancipation, oneness with Vishnu, and they all attained it

Sangeethajnaanamu bhakthi vinaa

Sangeethajnaanamu bhakthi vinaa... what is the use for erudition in music if there is no bhakthi.?.(tyagaraja)

this is the idea running very deep in the Indian psyche.. In fact most of the music composed in India through any genre or any paddhathi was predominantly religious. or based on religions.

The same idea would apply to most of the art forms in our country .

Many would consider it is premature or even blasphemous to conceive the idea of music other than in praise of God.

Maybe this idea is becoming less universal these days..

Views may vary on this issue... but for those who believed "Naatha thanumanisham shankaram pranamaamyaham.."(I bow before Shankara the eternal whose body itself is Rhythmic sound" ,

" Nidhi chaala sukhamaa, rama nee sannidhi chaala sukhamaa..".

" Gaayati vanamaalee"...

"Sancharadadharsudhaamadhuradhwani mukharita mohana vamsham"

Can we separate God from Music.?.

But then, is there any religion for God himself.?. this is the core issue..

So if music is rendered with devotion.. the caste and community of the singer may not be of much importance..

Even in our caste systems of yesteryears, singers, while on their job were not considered as untouchable just by birth..

Music is love, music is for love, love of humans, love of God..

The difficulties appear to arise because some rigid indoctrinates of certain sects were intolerant..

Actually there were people who hated music in the name of sects and groups.

But such thoughts are aberrations, which are to be discarded.

No philosophy of life can be absolute and completely right or wrong.

The entire idea of Bhakthi.. and the principles of dwaitam etc revolve round the notion that God is benevolent to His creations.

Kaarunyam, Daakshinyam etc are attributed to the divinity in innumerable places..

Where is the confusion in this?

The quid pro quo..give and take between God and man is acknowledged even in Gita. देवान भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः...

If the God is just a judge or a mother in law, do we require such God..? What about the friendship of Arjuna and Krishna, Kuchela and Krishna?The protection of Markandeya. against death that is already decided by fate?..

One can fill thousands of volumes stating examples..

Maybe one school of philosophy would state that God is only a witness... Karmasaakshmi.. Na me Karmaani limpanti etc.. but that is also just one opinion.

Our religion is not at all rigid..

The ordinary mortal just sustains himself on the fond hope that the Divine being love and is taking care of us...

No philosophy of life can be absolute and completely right or wrong..

If life is confusing, the philosophy based on life also should be confusing..

If life is not confusing, there need be no laws, judges and above all, no lawyer

Bhakthi and the conduct of the Bhaktha

Bhakthi and the conduct of the Bhaktha

There were very cruel persons who exhibited immense bhakthi

Ravana is an example.

Bhakthi can be just demand too. Many do penance and many make offerings to the deity in exchange of specific favours.

However bhakthi can be just love for god care for god too.

It is a great idea to be convinced that bhakthi will be effective only if the path is just, right, kind and affectionate.

If you feel so you are gifted.

But that is sattwik bhakthi

There can be rajasic bhakthi which is just giving something and extracting favours from God and there us tamasic bhakthi where we use crude techniques to achieve things.

The spectrum of bhakthi is very huge and widespread.

One can choose the mode that would appeal to him or suit his tastes

Vedic Prayer and entreaty to God

Vedic Prayer and entreaty to God.. in the bhakthi way are different..

The vedic arrangement of words..and letters are supposed to be according to the patterns of six Vedangas..

like kalpam shiksha niruktham, chandas, vyakarana and also following Jyothisha..

The first five are dependent on exact pronunciation.. intonation and so on..

You must understand that the Vedic belief was that when the rituals according to the prescriptions are performed, the recipient deities that is the deities who receive their due share of offerings from the sacrifice are bound to deliver the goods without fail.

They would deny such delivery when the rituals are incomplete and are not performed correctly in all respects.

The modern day authors and swamis added some sort of exemptions and condonations to the rigours..

The mimamsa schools did not allow such things.. but the bhakthi schools seem to support the existence of some concessions when the intention is good.. 

The modern gurus hold that it is sufficient to have good intentions.. 

Agreed, good intentions are okay when we consider earthly and mundane matters..

But if you ask the modern gurus,as to what is the basis for such concessions, he or they will have no answers.. 

No major concessions or exemption can be found in ritualistic matters.

In brahmin rituals we have to follow the Vedas and Vedangas..

Bhakthi schools or semi secular swamis can give their opinions, but such opinions cannot hold the fort in Vedic and Yajnik matters.

To believe in Vedas or to believe in Swamis is your choice..

But it is unfair to counter the requirements of Vedas with what some persons who are not exactly subscribing to Vedic ways are saying is not fair..

Those who want to follow Vedas can follow Vedas by subscribing to the rules prescribed in Vedas.. 

If they choose they can followed the ways prescribed by modern gurus.. and swamis too..

But the fallacy lies in creating hybrids or mules.. Hybrids will not work well..

He comes to us the way we want....

The blessed Lord declared in Gita..

Yo yadaa maam prapadyante taan tadaiva bhajaamyaham.. in whatever way people try to reach me, I approach them the same way..

यो यदा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तान्स्तदैव भजाम्याहं

That is one comfort..

Bhakthi can be so funny..

In the story of Dhruva in Bhagavatam.. Dhruva the child is doing penance..

very hard penance..

The lord Narayana is pleased..

The child had fixed the form of the Lord as described by sage Narada in his mind and is ever contemplating on it..

So when the Lord appears before the child in person, Dhruva is not aware of it..

And he is not even ready to take off his mind from the form fixed in his heart.

The lord had to use his Maya to take of the form in the mind to make the boy open his eyes and see the Lord present in person in all His glory..

That is bhakti..

Thondar Adipodi azhwar it is who said..

" You the fellow who resides in Arangam city..

 with a body like a green mountain with coral red lips and lotus eyes..

you the faultless one, the first among the deathless, 

you the darling of the cowherds.. 

to see you and chant your glory here, 

is all that I want. 

I will not take it even if the lordship of heaven is offered to me in place of this beauty.. " 

(பச்சைமாமலை போல் மேனி

பவளவாய் கமலச் செங்கண்

அச்சுதா அமரரேறே ஆயர்தம்

கொழுந்தே என்னும்

இச்சுவை தவிர யான்போய்

இந்திரலோகமாளும்

அச்சுவை பெறினும் வேண்டேன்

அரங்கமா நகருளானே.)

കടും പച്ചനിറംപൂണ്ട മാമല പോലെ മേനിയുമായ് കിടന്നു 

പവിഴത്തെ വെല്ലുന്ന ചെഞ്ചുണ്ടു കാട്ടി 

താമര ഇതള്‍ പോലെ വിടര്‍ന്ന കണ്ണുകളാല്‍ എന്നെ നോക്കുന്ന അച്യുതാ, വാനോര്‍ക്കെല്ലാം മുമ്പനായവനെ 

ആയര്‍കുടിയിലെ അമ്മമാരുടെ കണ്മണിയെ 

നിന്നെ എന്റെ കണ്ണുകളാല്‍ കൊതിതീരും വരെ കണ്ടു നില്‍ക്കുന്നതിന്റെ സ്വാദ് എനിക്ക് കിട്ടിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു.. 

ഇത് മാത്രം തുടരട്ടെ . 

എനിക്ക് ഇത് മാത്രം മതി..

സ്വര്‍ഗ്ഗവും ഇന്ദ്രപദവിയും എനിക്ക് തന്നാലും അത് വേണ്ടേ വേണ്ട.. 

തിരുവരങ്കത്തില്‍ നീണ്ടു നിവര്‍ന്നു കിടക്കുന്നവനെ.. 

നീ മാത്രം മതി എനിക്ക് 

തൊണ്ടരടിപൊടി ആഴ്വാര്‍....

That is bhakthi in the shape of love..

What are we to say..!