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== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

Bhakti is intense devotion and exceptional attachment to the Supreme Being. It is the thread of supreme love that binds the heart of a devotee with the lotus feet of the Supreme Being. It is pure, unselfish, divine love. There is not the slightest of bargaining or expectation of anything here. It is a pure emotion with sublime sentiments that unites the devotees with the Supreme Being.<ref>Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1937), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217437/page/n45/mode/2up Practice of Bhakti Yoga], Amritsar: Editor, Ideal Home Magazine.</ref>

Bhakti is intense devotion and exceptional attachment to the Supreme Being. It is the thread of supreme love that binds the heart of a devotee with the lotus feet of the Supreme Being. It is pure, unselfish, divine love. There is not the slightest of bargaining or expectation of anything here. It is a pure emotion with sublime sentiments that unites the devotees with the Supreme Being.

 

Also, Bhakti softens the heart, removes emotions like jealousy, hatred, lust, anger, egoism, pride and arrogance and instead infuses joy, divine ecstasy, bliss, peace and knowledge. In fact all worries, anxieties, fears, mental torments and tribulations entirely vanish. The devotee is freed from the Samsaric wheel of births and deaths. And attains the immortal abode of everlasting peace, bliss and knowledge. Thus, Love for the Supreme Being is as sweet as nectar by tasting which one becomes immortal.<ref>Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1937), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217437/page/n45/mode/2up Practice of Bhakti Yoga], Amritsar: Editor, Ideal Home Magazine.</ref>  

Shri Krishna in the [[Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता)|Bhagavad Gita]] has declared that devotion to Him is the means of attaining mukti characterized as the attainment of the Bliss of [[Brahman (ब्रह्मन्)|Brahman]], consequent on the disappearance of the Antah-karana, the inner sense, composed of the three Gunas ([[Sattva (सत्त्वम्)|Satva]], [[Rajas (रजः)|Rajas]] and [[Tamas (तमः)|Tamas]]).<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते । स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥१४.२६॥<ref>Bhagavad Gita, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Chapter 14 (Gunatrayavibhaga Yoga)] .</ref></blockquote><blockquote>''māṁ ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate । sa guṇānsamatītyaitānbrahmabhūyāya kalpate ॥14.26॥''</blockquote>Meaning: He who serves me with unswerving devotion, thoroughly passing beyond the Gunas (viz. Satva, rajas and tamas), is fit for becoming Brahman.<ref name=":1" />

Shri Krishna in the [[Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता)|Bhagavad Gita]] has declared that devotion to Him is the means of attaining mukti characterized as the attainment of the Bliss of [[Brahman (ब्रह्मन्)|Brahman]], consequent on the disappearance of the Antah-karana, the inner sense, composed of the three Gunas ([[Sattva (सत्त्वम्)|Satva]], [[Rajas (रजः)|Rajas]] and [[Tamas (तमः)|Tamas]]).<ref name=":1" /><blockquote>मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते । स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥१४.२६॥<ref>Bhagavad Gita, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Chapter 14 (Gunatrayavibhaga Yoga)] .</ref></blockquote><blockquote>''māṁ ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate । sa guṇānsamatītyaitānbrahmabhūyāya kalpate ॥14.26॥''</blockquote>Meaning: He who serves me with unswerving devotion, thoroughly passing beyond the Gunas (viz. Satva, rajas and tamas), is fit for becoming Brahman.<ref name=":1" />