Laxmi Narayan Aithal
TWO FORMS
OF DEVOTION.
Offering
a leaf, a
flower, a fruit,
etc. with Love
to God and worshipping
Him through – studying scripture,
chanting hymns of
praise, etc. are
endowed with a
part of love;
therefore, it is
also called devotion.
But, this scripture
doesn’t deal with that devotion;
forgetting all external
objects, if the
excellent love is
established on God,
this Great Love
itself is the
real Devotion. In
order to indicate
this itself characteristic features
of devotion is
told : परमप्रेमरूपा, Form of Supreme
Love.
Devotion
shown through worshipping,
chanting, etc. towards
God is called
the secondary one (गौणभक्ति). The
first aphorism tells : भक्तिं व्याख्यास्यामः, we
clearly explain devotion.
The word ‘devotion’ is
primarily the Supreme One
of the form
of excellent love;
still, as a
king comes with
his retinue, so
this scripture has
also explained the
secondary devotion not
as its main
aim; and the
main aim of
the scripture is
the Supreme Devotion. The
first meaning of
the word भक्ति is the Supreme
Love towards the
Supreme Self, the
God. This, itself,
is the subject
matter of this
scripture.