Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, sacrifice to me, bow down to me. Thus you will come to me — truly I promise you, for you are dear to me.
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु | मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ||१८-६५||
Divine Love
Divine Love refers to a universal, unconditional love across spiritual traditions. Traditions converge on its redemptive and transformative power. They diverge in its expression and manifestation.
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However people approach me, so do I receive them; for it is my path that all people follow in every way, Arjuna.
ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् | मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ||४-११||
And no one among human beings does more pleasing service to me than he; nor shall there be another on earth dearer to me than he.
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः | भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ||१८-६९||
Hear again my supreme word, the most secret of all. Because you are dearly beloved to me, I shall tell you what is good for you.
सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः | इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ||१८-६४||
Whoever offers me, with devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that offering of devotion, made by the pure of heart, I accept and partake of.
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति | तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ||९-२६||
I am the same toward all beings; none is hateful or dear to me. But those who worship me with devotion are in me, and I too am in them.
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः | ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ||९-२९||
Of these, the one who knows — ever steadfast, devoted to me alone — stands out. For I am exceedingly dear to the one who knows, and that person is dear to me.
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते | प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ||७-१७||
The man who abides in God’s love must be dead to himself and all created things, and regard himself as a mere unit among a thousand million.
Everything can be achieved simply through the love of God. If one is able to love God, they will not lack anything.
The essence of all spiritual discipline is the love of God. Through love, one naturally acquires renunciation and discrimination.
To love the creation is the real way to love the Creator. After coming to the world, man has forgotten the Creator; he goes on working, ignoring the Creator.
These humanitarian gestures are virtuous, because for a moment they divert man's attention from himself, but they do not free him from his single responsibility in life: the uplifting obligation to love God.
The beginning of love is search, but the end is rest: water flows in the river-bed, but when it reaches the ocean it ceases to flow and changes its taste.
Unless the whole universe is a man's trysting-place where he comes nigh unto God and a retired chamber where he enjoys intimacy with God, he is still a stranger to Divine love; but when he has vision the whole universe is his sanctuary.
If the whole world wished to attract love, they could not; and if they made the utmost efforts to repel it, they could not. Love is a Divine gift, not anything that can be acquired.
In love there is no self-interest, no selfishness. Love that rests on the foundation of selfishness is not love at all.
Religion means to embrace: religion first adopts the Timeless, Formless God into one's own life, and then beholds the Formless Lord in every heart. Religion is the very means by which we begin to deal with everyone with love. For one who loves the Formless, no one remains a stranger, no one remains an outsider.
Life's distinction comes only by forging a bond with the Master. This Master is right near you; for this you need not go anywhere far. He pervades every particle. See such a Master as near, love Him, and always taking His support, journey through this life.
If man is aligned to God, he will automatically start loving the fellow beings, the living images of the Almighty. He will consider everybody of his own, dear and near.
He follows like a shadow where there is pure love; Lord Rama has been born as your son.
तात बचन पुनि मातु हित भाइ भरत अस राउ, मो कहु दरस तुम्हार प्रभु सबु मम पुन्य प्रभाउ "चोम्प्लिअन्चे wइथ् म्य् फ़थेर्ऽस् चोम्मन्द्स्, ग्रतिफ़िचतिओन् ओफ़् म्य् स्तेप्मोथेर् कैकेयी,