bhaktiye mukti ge dodda saadhana, bere yaavadu maarga illa

nijavaada bhaktaru aaglikke prayatna maadabeku. yaavaga nijavaada bhaktaru aagtevo

andu varige muktige

BG 7.7

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BG 11.53

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naham vedair na tapasa

na danena na cejyaya
sakya evam-vidho drastum
drstavan asi mam yatha

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Krsna first appeared before His parents Devaki and Vasudeva in a four-handed form,
and then He transformed Himself into the two-handed form. This mystery is very
difficult to understand for those who are atheists or who are devoid of devotional
service. For scholars who have simply studied Vedic literature by way of
speculation or out of mere academic interest, Krsna is not easy to understand. Nor
is He to he understood by persons who officially go to the temple to offer worship.
They make their visit, but they cannot understand Krsna as He is. Krsna can be
understood only through the path of devotional service, as explained by Krsna
Himself in the next verse.
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BG 11.54

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bhaktya maam abhijaanaati yaavaan yas chasmi

tattvataha tato maam tattvato jnaatva vishate tad-anantaram

(Bhagavad Gita 18.55)

�By devotion he knows Me in truth, what and who I am; and knowing Me in truth, he
forthwith enters into the Supreme.�

In the 9th chapter Shri Krishna highlights the profoundness of true bhakti which
pleases Him the most as:

patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati

tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami prayataatmanaha

(Bhagavad Gita 9.26)

�Whoever offers Me with devotion and a pure mind (heart), a leaf, a flower, a fruit
or a little water�I accept this as devotion.�

Samo�ham sarvabhooteshu na me dweshyo�sti na priyah

Ye bhajanti tu maam bhaktyaa mayi te teshu chaapyaha

(Bhagavad Gita 9.29)

�The same am I to all beings; to Me there is none hateful or dear; but those who
worship Me with devotion are in Me and I am also in them.�

Yona hrishyati na dweshti na shochati na kaangkshati

Shubhaashubhaparityaagee bhaktimaan yah sa me priyah

(Bhagavad Gita 12.17)

�He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and
evil and who is full of devotion, is dear to Me.�

Tulyanindaastutirmaunee santushto yena kenachit

Aniketah sthiramatir bhaktimaan me priyo narah

(Bhagavad Gita 12.19)

�He to whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything, of
a steady mind, and full of devotion�that man is dear to Me.�

shravanam, kirtanam, vishnoh smaranam, paada-sevanam, archanam, vandanam, daasyam,

sakhyam, aatma-nivedanam (Srimad Bhagavatham 7.5.23).

Shravanam:
shrinvatam sva-kathah krishnah punya-shravana-kirtanah hridy antah-stho hy
abhadrani vidhunoti suhrit satam (Srimad Bhagavatham 1.2.17)

nashta-prayeshv abhadreshu nityam bhagavata-sevaya bhagavaty uttama-shloke bhaktir

bhavati naishthiki (Srimad Bhagavatham 1.2.18)

tada rajas-tamo-bhavah kama-lobhadayas ca ye ceta etair anaviddham sthitam sattve

prasidati (Srimad Bhagavatham 1.2.19)

evam prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogatah bhagavat-tattva-vijnanam mukta-

sangasya jayate (Srimad Bhagavatham 1.2.20)

bhidyate hridaya-granthish chidyante sarva-samshayah kshiyante casya karmani

drishta evatmanishvare (Srimad Bhagavatham 1.2.21)

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