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
Now to the joyful feature of Bhakti. All Krishna-Agamas Sing, that Shree Krishna-Bhakti grants to bhakta a lot of benefits (actually, all the bhaktas of Bhagavan Shree Krishna are future Gopis, so no wonder, that Lord Gopala grants a lot of precious gifts to His Beloved Girls, please refer to this post about my personal life with Lord Krishna - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2015/04/bhakti-sadhana-always-bring-wealth-joy.html).
For this reason Shree Shreemad Rupa Goswami cites
some classic Pramanas from Tantras of Lord Gopala.
This is classic Pramana from I suppose from "Shree Narada-PanchaRatra".
यथा तन्त्रे
सिद्धयः परमाश्चर्या भुक्तिमुक्तिश्च शाश्वती ।
नित्यंच परमानन्दो भवेद्गोविन्दभक्तितः । । ३१ । ।
yathA tantre
siddhayaH paramAshcharyA bhuktimuktishcha shAshvatI |
nityaMcha paramAnando bhavedgovindabhaktitaH | | 31 | |
Translation: "Exceptionally wonderful supernatural powers, long endunng worldly and heavenly pleasures, long and lasting experiences of Mukti as Brahma-sukha (felicity derived from knowledge and realisation of impersonal Brahman) , and eternal and ever progressive and supreme flow of transcendental felicity (from realisation of the Supreme Lord) are attainable by Bhakti in Lord Govinda (Krsna), Who is the Lord of all the senses".
यथा हरिभक्तिसुधोदये च
भूयोऽपि याचे देवेश त्वयि भक्तिर्दृधास्तु मे
या मोक्षान्त चतुर्वर्ग फलदा सुखदा लता इति । । ३२ । ।
yathA haribhaktisudhodaye cha
bhUyo.api yAche devesha tvayi bhaktirdRRidhAstu me
yA mokShAnta chaturvarga phaladA sukhadA latA iti | | 32 | |
Translation: "Oh Lord of all lords! I pray again and again at Thy Feet that let that steady devotion (Bhakti) in Thee grow in me which like a creeper bears the fruits of Moksha or final emancipation, and beyond that eternal and supreme pleasures in Thy Services (happiness arising out of the feeling of realisation of the Supreme Lord), so it is stated in "Shree Hari-Bhakti-Sudhodaya".
But all before-mentioned Verses were just preparatory Verses to Akinchana-Bhakti, that is these Verses were cited only in order to show the Superiority of Nishkama-Bhakti, which usually awakens at the first stages of Bhava-Bhakti. Verse 33:
मोक्षलघुताकृत्
मनगेव प्ररुधायां हृदये भगवद्रतौ ।
पुरुषार्थास्तु चत्वारस्त्न्रायन्ते समन्ततः । । ३३ । ।
mokShalaghutAkRRit
manageva prarudhAyAM hRRidaye bhagavadratau |
puruShArthAstu chatvArastnrAyante samantataH | | 33 | |
Translation: "Even with the slightest awakening of Bhava Bhakti in the heart for the Lord, the four objects of human pursuit, viz dharma (relative duties, offering heavenly pleasures), artha (mundane wealth), kama (sensual pleasures or desires), and Moksha (final emancipation or realisation of the self as identical with Brahman) become insignificant and as worthless as a straw".
Now the very classic cite from "Shree Narada-PanchaRatra".
यथा श्रीनारदपंचरात्रे
हरिभक्तिमहादेव्याः सर्व मुक्त्यादिसिद्धयः
भुक्तयश्चाद्भुतास्तस्याश्चेटिकावादनुव्रताः इति । । ३४ । ।
yathA shrInAradapaMcharAtre
haribhaktimahAdevyAH sarva muktyAdisiddhayaH
bhuktayashchAdbhutAstasyAshcheTikAvAdanuvratAH iti | | 34 | |
Translation: "All forms of Mukti and all extraordinary powers of Yoga as also many many wonderful sense-enjoyments follow with reverential fear the Supreme Goddess of Bhakti like the female attendants following their heroine".
