Bhakti Shatak Day4-Lec8
Bhakti Shatak - English
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God is Ananda Swaroop, the very form of bliss (ras), which is eternal and ever-increasing, unlike worldly pleasure. To experience His own ras, God manifests in dual forms like Radha-Krishna. He also creates souls to increase His ras experience, deriving a higher bliss from devotees than Himself, making Him enslaved by their love (Bhaktaha Paradheenaha). His supreme attractiveness (Chitchor) even draws Yogis and Lord Shiv, who became a Gopi to savor Premanand, a bliss vastly superior to Brahmanand
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