The relationship between a jivatma and paramatma is that of an amsa / aunsa (part) and amsi (the whole of which he is a part). this relationship is akin to that of a dasa (servant) and Swami (Master). Hence the state of dasa remains in elementary form in jiva. He has also another element known as sneha within him. A dasa serves his master with attachment and love. He surrenders everything to master. In return Master grants all the desires of dasa.
If the jivatma fundamentally offers seva with all love, dedicates whatever he has, it is quite certain that his master will come forward and bestow ananda which is permanent and complete and represents the form of sentiment i.e., Rasa Rupa of divine being. This is Bhakti Marg. Since love or affection (prema) are the primary aspects, Bhakti marga is also called Prema Lakshana Bhakti - It is alleged that when a jivatma renders seva with such selfless affection towards paramatma and as he perpetrates the seva without end, then paramatma will some day appear before him. Showing HIs charming compassion, when HE comes forward to bestow the divine ananda on HIS bhakta, it is called "Krupa MArg". It is also called Pusti Marg. In this Pusti Marg we observe that on one side the Bhakta proceeds with all affection and when the paramatma takes a few steps towards HIS bhakta again with love - when both join at a point then jiva will experience this ananda.
To gain all experience of this kind of complete (purna) ananda importance.
Take a vessel full of milk. Put a drop of curd in it. Immediately transformation takes place. The milk turns sour. Becomes dahi. dahi is nothing but a transformed state of milk. When once it converts into dahi it cannot go back to its original state i.e. milk.
In the similar way the changing mood of true love is to go and take the shelter of another known as anyashraya. When you go out and seek the shelter of another celestial the true love you have been exhibiting so far for paramatma vanishes. This jiva will never be able to experience that transdental ananda of divine being. In order to cling to the old form of true love, a follower of bhakti system has to hold on to the shelter of paramatma firmly and keep the tendency towards anyashraya far far away from him.
This is the shista in the life of a bhakta. This is an inevitable conduct of ananyata. |
