{"id":668,"date":"2008-09-17T15:11:34","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2008-09-21T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T09:57:25","slug":"chapter-10-shaanta-bhakti-ras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/how-to-realize-ras\/chapter-10-shaanta-bhakti-ras\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 11 – Shaanta bhakti-ras"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Definition of sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotee<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

“Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em> has stated with His Holy lips that, the sh<\/em>\u00e2<\/em>nta<\/em>-devotee only knows Sri Krishna\u2019s swarup<\/em> and is firmly attached to Him.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>(C.C.Madhya.19.173)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“A sh<\/em>\u00e2<\/em>nta<\/span><\/em>-devotee does not feel Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em> belongs to him. He only has one knowledge \u2013 that He is Parabrahman and param\u00e2tm\u00e2. The sh<\/em>\u00e2<\/em>nta<\/span><\/em>-devotee is only aware of the original form of Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 (C.C.Madhya.19.177-178)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Srimat Jiva Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has written in his Priti-Sandarbha \u2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“The sh\u00e2nta-<\/em>devotee is on the borderline and his bhakti<\/em> too is on the margin. This means that a sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotee is not exactly a devotee. His devotion does not fall inside the boundary of bhakti.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 (P.S.84.) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sri N\u00e2rad-Panchar\u00e2tra describes \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“ananya mamat\u00e2 vishnou mamat\u00e2 premasangat\u00e2,<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

bhaktirityuchyate bhishmaprahl\u00e2doddhavan\u00e2radaih.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meaning – “Mah\u00e2jans such as Bhishma, Prahl\u00e2d, Uddhav and N\u00e2rad have called it \u2018bhakti<\/em>\u2019 only when we do not feel anything else to be \u2018mine\u2019 \u2013 we know that Sri Vishnu alone is our sole possession and we love Him dearly.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Srimat Jiva Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has stated \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“The sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotees do not consider Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em> as their own. A relation with Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em> is not inspired in their heart. Therefore it is logical that they do not feel senses of belonging with respect to Him.\u201d \u2013 (P.S.96)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The servants and friends have a relation with Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em>; hence they feel He belongs to them. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotees feel that Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em> is \u00e2tm\u00e2r\u00e2m<\/em> and self-satisfied, hence He cannot feel hungry or thirsty. He is absolute in all respects, so how can He require any sev\u00e2<\/em>? Srila Rupa Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has mentioned in Bhakti-Ras\u00e2mrita-Sindhu that the sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotees are close to the d\u00e2sya<\/em>-devotees. In fact the d\u00e2sya<\/em>-devotees are the best friends of the sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotees. He has quoted a sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotee as saying \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“The supreme Brahman is a mass of fire while the living entity is its spark. He is intensely conscious effulgence. When will I massage His feet?\u201d \u2013 (B.R.S. 4.8.20)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Srimat Jiva Gosw\u00e2mip\u00e2d has explained this statement as follows \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Here \u2018intense\u2019 implies the form of Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em>, otherwise how can he mention \u2018feet\u2019? \u2018Conscious\u2019 refers to \u2018sach-chid\u00e2nanda<\/em>\u2019 (eternal, conscious<\/span>1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> and blissful). <\/span>Thus we see that the sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotee is firmly established in the supreme Brahman Who is sachchid\u00e2nanda. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here we see that the sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotee wants to massage Sri Bhagav\u00e2n\u2019s<\/em> feet \u2013 it is not because he wishes to please the Lord with his sev\u00e2<\/em>. Rather, he hopes to gratify his own senses by His touch. He wants to become happy by touching the beautiful form of Sri Bhagav\u00e2n<\/em>. On the other hand, the devotees who are in the mood of servants wish to serve the Lord to give Him pleasure. Hence they are \u2018bhaktas\u2019<\/em> in the true sense.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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What forms ras<\/em> in the sh\u00e2nta<\/em>-devotee?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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“When a yogi heard the P\u00e2nchajanya<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, he was so overjoyed that the end of his robe fell to the ground. He shook his head and shed copious tears. He was full of goose flesh. All the vows he had undertaken broke. His regulative principles were lost. When the brilliant dark blue mascara-like Lord appeared in front of him, he was so extremely happy and behaved in such a manner that displayed utter contempt for <\/span>his own position (as that of a yogi).\u201d \u2013 (B.R.S. 3.1.42)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Let us examine this case and determine which ingredients have come together to form ras.<\/em> The vibh\u00e2vs<\/em> (causes) are as follows \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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