суббота, 26 ноября 2016 г.

The eye of Devotion...

This is the Verse 38 of "Shree Brahma-Samhita" (translation of OM VishnuPad BhaktiSiddhanta Saraswati) and more than brilliant explanation of Shree ShyamaSundar Siddhanta in connection with Bhakti.

Translation: I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, Who is Shyamasundara, Krishna Himself with inconceivable innumerable Attributes, Whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of Devotion tinged with the salve of love. (38) 

Purport: The Shyamasundara Form of Krishna is
His inconceivable simultaneous personal and impersonal self-contradictory Form.

True devotees see that Form in their purified hearts under the influence of devotional trance. 

The Form Shyama is not the blue colour visible in the mundane world but is the Transcendental Variegated Colour affording eternal bliss, and is not visible to the mortal eye.

On a consideration of the trance of Vyasa Deva as in the shloka "bhaktiyogena manasi" it will be clear that the Form of Shree Krishna is the Full Personality of GodHead and can only be visible in the heart of a true devotee, which is the only true seat in the  state of trance under the influence of Devotion.

When Krishna manifested Himself in Braja, both the devotees and non-devotees saw Him with this very eye; but only the devotees cherished Him, Eternally Present in Braja, as the priceless jewel of their heart.

Now-a-days also the devotees see Him in Braja in their hearts, saturated with devotion although they do not see Him with their eyes.

The eye of Devotion is nothing but the eye of the pure unalloyed spiritual self of the jeeva.

The Form of Krishna is visible to that eye in proportion to its purification by the practice of devotion. When the devotion of the neophyte reaches the stage of Bhava-Bhakti the pure eye of that devotee is tinged with the salve of love by the Grace of Krishna, which enables him to see Krishna face to face.

The phrase "in their hearts" means Krishna is visible in proportion as their hearts are purified by the practice of Devotion. 

The sum and substance of this shloka is that the Form of Shree Krishna, Who is ShyamaSundara, Natabara (Best Dancer), MuraliDhara (Holder of The Flute) and TriBhanga (Triple-Bending), is not a mental concoction but is Transcendental, and visible with eye of the soul of the devotee under trance.