This post belongs to the series of posts, dedicated to "Shree Bhakti-Rasamrita-Sindhu", see the list here - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2015/05/selected-verses-from-shree-bhakti.html
First post is dedicated to ShadGuna of Uttama-Bhakti and very beautiful Verse 17 from "Shree Bhakti-Rasamrita-Sindhu". Please pay attention to very beautiful phrase
"Attractor of Krishna" - श्रीकृष्णाकर्षिणी (shrIkRRiShNAkarShiNI).
क्लेशग्नी शुभदा मोक्षलघुताकृत् सुदुर्लभा ।
सान्द्रानन्दविशेषात्मा श्रीकृष्णाकर्षिणी च सा । । १७ । ।
kleshagnI shubhadA mokShalaghutAkRRit sudurlabhA |
sAndrAnandavisheShAtmA shrIkRRiShNAkarShiNI cha sA | | 17 | |
Translation: "Bhakti is the destroyer of all afflictions and ills of life, is beneficent, is the devaluer of Moksa or liberation as a desirable end, is extremely difficult of attainment, is the essence of the cream of delight of a special kind, and is the attractor of Krishna Who is Himself the Attractor of all that is..."
Commentary by Shree Shreemad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Swami: "Shree Visvanatha points out that here Shree Rupa Gosvami states briefly the distinguishing qualities of Uttama-Bhakti.
Of these six distinguishing characteristics, the first two, viz
(1) destroyer of afflictions and ills, and
(2) beneficence, belong to Bhakti as Sadhana-Bhakti, while the second two qualities, viz
(3) the devaluer of Moksa or liberation as a desirable end, and
(4) extreme difficulty of attainment, ere the distinguishing characteristics of Bhava Bhakti, and the last two qualities, viz
(5) the essence of the cream of delight of a special kind, and
(6) the attractor of Shree Krishna, Who is the Attractor of all that is, are the distinguislung qualities of Prema Bhakti It is pointed out that thisdivision is not mutually exclusive.
On the contrary just as there is a hierarchical order amongst the five elements (Pancabhutas) in which each higher element includes the qualities of the lower elements besides its own distinctive quality, so also the Bhava Bhakti comprises both its own distinctive five qualities and also the two qualities that distinguish Sadhana Bhakti and Prema Bhakti besides comprising its own two distinctive qualities, includes in itself also all the four qualities of Bhava Bhakti".
