Essay name: Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati
Author:
Lance Edward Nelson
Affiliation: McMaster University / Religious Studies
This is a study and English translation of the Bhakti-rasayana by Madhusudana Sarasvati (16th century)鈥攐ne of the greatest and most vigorous exponents of Advaita after Shankara-Acharya who was also a great devotee of Krishna. The Bhaktirasayana attempts to merge non-dualist metaphysics with the ecstatic devotion of the Bhagavata Purana, by asserting that Bhakti is the highest goal of life and by arguinng that Bhakti embodies God within the devotee's mind.
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NOTES: CHAPTER THREE 419 incongruous this enormous edifice may appear to us, it
contains stimuli and inspiration which remained
operative for the following thousand years" (VB, p.
541).
See also Daniel P. Sheridan, "Devotion in the Bh膩gavata
Purana and Christian Love: Bhakti, Agape, Eros," Horizons,
VIII (1981), 273-275.
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57iti te bhagavady膩帽c膩m 艣峁沶vanto 'pi na 艣u艣ruva岣�
k峁dr膩艣膩 bh奴rikarm膩峁噊 b膩li艣膩 v峁沝dham膩nina岣� //
tam
brahma parama峁� s膩k峁Ｄ乨 bhagavantam adhok峁jam / manusyad峁涐梗ty膩
du峁raj膩 marty膩tm膩no na menire, BP 10.23.9, 11; GS II, 1153.
581.18.18.
591.5.23; 7.15.72-74.
60 eta岣� param tanubh峁泃o bhuvi gopavadhvo govinda eva
nikhil膩tmani ru岣峢abhava岣� / vanchanti yat bhavabhiyo munayo
vayam ca kim brahmajanmabhir anantakatharasasya //
vande nandavrajastr墨峁嚹乵 p膩dare峁噓m abh墨ks峁嘺艣a岣� / y膩s膩m
harikathodgitam punati bhuvanatrayam, BP 10.47.57, 63; GS
II, 1263.
61 See BG 9.32.
62T. J. Hopkins, "The Social Teaching of the
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Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺, in Milton Singer, p. 19.
63 yann膩madheyasrava峁嚹乶ukirtan膩d yatprahva峁嚹乨 yat
smara峁嚹乨 api kvacit / svado
艣惫补诲辞
'pi sadya岣� savan膩ya kalpate
kuta岣� punas te bhagavan nu dar峁nat, BP 3.33.6; GS, I, 317.
64T. J. Hopkins, "Social Teaching," p. 22.
