Open AccessTHE GOPIBHAV, THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STATE OF A GOPI, AS MANIFESTED IN SWAMI RAJARSHI MUNI’S HYMNS
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gap gyan- a gobal journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5830
DOI - 10.47968/gapgyan.4309
Subject(s) - surrender , absolute (philosophy) , swami , faith , state (computer science) , soul , theology , religious studies , hinduism , philosophy , sociology , law , political science , mathematics , algorithm
In theology, an intense emotional expression of love towards the God or the presiding deity (Ishtdev) is calleddevotion or bhakti. ShrimadBhagavatmentions nine types of devotion or navadha bhakti. Of these the ninth one isself-surrender (atmanivedan) which is to have undivided love for God. In this state the devotee’s soul so completelygets drenched in the love of God that even a moment’s forgetfulness is highly disturbing. In the state of absolute selfsurrender when the devotee incessantly remembers the God, that is the highest state of devotion, the parabhakti.The Gopisof Vrajhad attained this highest state of devotion. The devotion of Gopishas the feeling of the absolute selfsurrender. It was their absolute self- surrender to the God. The Gopibhav emerges out of the inner faith of thepersevering devotee bhaktiyogiwho has totally identified with the true nature of the Supreme Lord through ferventand unwavering religious practices. Gopibhav is an experiment of love to possess Lord Shyam Sunder.