Monday, September 26, 2022

Bhakti Ratnakara Chapter 5: The Determination of Lord. Sloka 10.

 

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-
prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi
jānāti tattvaṃ bhagavan-mahimno
na cānya eko 'pi ciraṃ vicinvan (BhP_10.14.029)


nanveva jñānaikasādhye moke kimiti bhaktirudbodhitā:'ta āha | yadyapi hastaprāptamiva jñānamucyate tathāpi he deva tava pādāmbujadvayasyaikadeśasya prasādaleśa tenānughītastava tattva jānātīti | mahimnastattva vā | anyatra ko vā ciramapi vicārayannapi hytadaśāpavādena vicārayan ||10||


bulibāhā ajñānīra henaa awasthā |

jñāna bhaile moka pāwe kailā io kathā ||142

kisaka kahilā tebe bhakati pūrbbata |

ihāra uttara śunioka yenamata ||

hāte yena pāwe kai kailom̐ yadi jñāna |

tathāpito prabhudewa śunā bidamāna ||143

tomāra caraa dui pakaja biśea |

tāra eka deśe [leśe?] prasādara eka leśa ||

diā yāka anugraha karā kpāmaa |

tabu [tayu?] mahimāra tattba sehise jānaa ||144

ānamate saga eri yadi bicāraa |

cirakālo tathāpi tomāka najānaa ||

eteke bhakati śreṣṭha kahilohom̐ sāra |

bhakatise hetu prabhu tomāra kpāra ||145



 

You will say, ‘This plight is only of the ignorant.

Salvation (moksa) comes through knowledge (jnana)—this fact you are telling. [142]

Then what for did you mention devotion (bhakti) previously?

Please listen to how this doubt is resolved.

Let one be taught knowledge in the most intelligible manner.

Still, hear, O Lord, my master; there exists [143]

your feet—two lotuses endowed with the most special property;

Giving an infinitesimally small portion of their grace (prasada),
that one to whom you do favor (anugraha), compassionate one;

The truth (tattva) regarding your glory is realized only by him. [144]

Through other means, parting their company, if one searches;

even in ages, still, one is unable to know.

Therefore is bhakti supreme, this essence I have told.

Only bhakti, my lord, is the reason for your grace.’ [145]

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