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The Narada Bhakti Sutra

The path of loving devotion, in Sanskrit and plain English with notes

Sanskrit · c. 10th century CE or earlier · Bhakti

Sutra 2

सा त्वस्मिन् परमप्रेमरूपा ॥

sā tv asmin parama-prema-rūpā ||

Devotion is, in its nature, supreme love for the Divine.

Eighty-four short sutras that define devotion as supreme love for God, compare it with the paths of action, knowledge and meditation, explain how it grows, and portray the true devotee, for whom caste, wealth and learning no longer matter.

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Where the Yoga Sutras teach the stilling of the mind and the Upanishads teach the recognition of the self, the Narada Bhakti Sutra teaches love.

Its definition is simple: devotion is supreme love for God, and it is like the taste a person who cannot speak enjoys — known only in the tasting.

What's inside

  1. About this edition
  2. The nature of devotion
  3. Devotion above all paths
  4. The means to devotion
  5. Supreme love
  6. The true devotee

About this edition

The original Sanskrit in Devanagari script, with a new translation into plain, modern English written for The Journey In, and short notes where a verse needs context.

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