Bhakti Sandarbha 179 : Bhakti Descends Through the Association of a Devotee
This is from current work on Bhakti Sandarbha, which is really dragging far behind due to my many distractions. So, figuring the best way to give my fuller attention to the work I am sharing it, with Satyanarayana Dasaji's commentary. [It does help to know that there will be readers in real time.] I should add that this is not the final translation. There are several other hands through which this will pass before it reaches print. So bear that in mind. Square brackets are parenthetical explanatory comments that are not in the original text. This is a particularly significant section since it presents a few siddhantas that are rather unique to the Vaishnava point of view, and from one perspective seems a little harsh: God himself does not feel our suffering. The devotees are the agents of his mercy. The only thing that interferes with such mercy is offenses at the feet of the Vaishnavas. Anuccheda 179 Bhakti Descends Through the Association of a Devotee अथ तस्या एव प्र...