Re: Stages Leading to the Appearance of divine love
(1) Shraddha – transcendental faith
The Supreme Lord in His Krishna form says that one should renounce the worldly faith in any type of dharma:
sarva-dharmān parityajya / mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja
ahaḿ tvāḿ sarva-pāpebhyo / mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
(Bhagavad-gita 18.66)
Renounce any kind of duties pertaining this world - sarva-dharmān parityajya,
Take Me alone as your shelter - mām ekaḿ śaraṇaḿ vraja
Don’t worry - mā śucaḥ
I will deliver you - ahaḿ tvāḿ mokṣayiṣyāmi
from all sinful reactions (to your deeds) - sarva-pāpebhyo
Sri Krishna also says in Bhagavad-gita 4.39:
śraddhāvān labhate jñānaḿ
tat-paraḥ saḿyatendriyaḥ
jñānaḿ labdhvā parāḿ śāntim
acireṇādhigacchati
A faithful person atains -śraddhā-vān labhate-
knowledge about that transcendental -jñānam tat-paraḥ
and controles the senses -saḿyatendriyaḥ
Having achieved transcendental knowledge -jñānaḿ labdhvā
he attains very soon transcendental peace -adhigacchati acireṇa parāḿ śāntim.
The attainment of shanti - transcendental peace, is the attainment of of that shraddha that comes out from the association with jnani sadhus.
If one associates with bhakti sadhus achieve not only shanti but also divine love -prema- for the All Attractive Lord, and transcendental service for Him - bhakti.
Sri Krishna Caitanya says almost the same thing, but He speaks direct about bhakti in His instructing Snantan Gosvami, recorded in Caitanya-caritamrita (Madhya-lîla 22.62):
'śraddhā'-śabde — viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya
kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya
The confidence said to be the firm certainty-viśvās kahe sudṛḍha niścaya
(that) by performing bhakti unto Sri Krishna -kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile
all ocupational duties -sarva-karma- (duties according varna-ashram dharma) will be fulfilled -kṛta haya-
is called transcendental faith - śraddhā'-śabde
The meaning is that one should not worry about one's dutie, because by simply performing bhagavat-bhakti, all one's duties will be accomplished and even more, one attains prema - divine love.
tadetadAtAravilochanasri / sambhAvitASeza vinamragarvam
muhur murArer madhurAdharoztham / mukhAmbujam chumbati mAnasam me
kRSNa karNamRtam 85
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