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 SIX 450 Bhaktam膩la, endorses exactly the same five bh膩vas
acknowledged by the Gosv膩mins. In R膩ma devotionalism,
however, the d膩syabh膩va or servant mood, exemplified by
Hanuman, is regarded as the highest. See F. R. Allchin,
trans., Tulsi D膩s, The Petition to R膩m (London: George Allen
& Unwin, Ltd., 1966), pp. 57-59.
57 De, VFM, p. 149; Wulff, pp. 26-27.
58 See above, chap. 4.3.6; Chakravarti, p. 345.
59 See above, 4.3.6.
60 For a discussion of the three material qualities
(gu峁嘺s), see chap., note 177.
4.3.1.
61 Chakravarti, p. 348.
62 Chakravarti, p. 348, 357-358; see above, chap.
63 raso vai sa岣�, TU 2.7.1; De, VFM, p. 213.
64De,
64 De, VFM, p. 285.
65 Chakravarti, p. 350, 353-355.
66 Wulff, p. 4.
67 See intro., note 38.
68krodha艣okabhay膩din膩m s膩k峁Ｄ乼sukhavirodhin膩m
rasatvam abhyupagatam tatha'nubhavam膩trata岣� //
ihanubhavasiddhe 'pi sahasragunito rasa岣�
pi sahasragu峁噄to rasa岣�
/ ja岣峞neva tvay膩
kasm膩t akasmat apalapyate, BR 2.78-79; JSP, p. 185.
69ratir dev膩divi峁y膩 vyabhic膩r墨 tathorjita岣� / bh膩va岣�
prokto raso neti yad uktam rasakovidai岣� // devantare峁
jivatv膩t par膩nandaprak膩sanat / tad yojyam paramanandar奴pe na
param膩tmani, BR 2.74-75; JSP, p. 183.
rasa
鈥�
70See BR 1, sec. IV:
IV:
"The permanent emotion known as
love (rati) is the form of the Blessed Lord. Manifest as a
it reveals itself as an immediate realization of
the highest bliss" (rasar奴patay膩 'bhivyakto bhagavad膩k膩ra-
r奴po raty膩khyasth膩yibh膩va岣� param膩nandas膩k峁Ｄ乼[k膩r]膩tmaka岣�
pr盲durbhavati, JSP, p. 10). See also BR 1, sec. XVIII (1.10
and commentary); chap. 5.5; and Raghavan, Number of Rasa-s,
p. 184.
71 1parm膩nanda 膩tmaiva rasa ity ahur agama岣�, BR 3.24;
JSP, p. 197.
