Sadguru Nishkulanand Swami conveys his blessings. Eternal pleasure rises in the heart by listening to or singing this scripture. Sneh Gita is sweet and tasty like nectar. Devotees love to read it repeatedly. God dwells eternally in the heart of such devout souls. The lamp of knowledge and devotion kindles in the heart of listeners and readers of Sneh Gita. Sneh Gita cleans the mind and soul.
(God destroys desires and fulfils the means through his blissful presence. Shrutis have declared this truth repeatedly.)
Nishkulanand Swami says, “Desires burn to ashes through the fire of meditation. Devotion with love makes our life holy. Man or woman, educated or illiterate, upper caste or lower caste, whoever comes to God, whoever becomes free bodily, comes closer and nearer to the supreme Lord.”
Do devotion and meditation with daily Japa, sing devotional songs in devotional fervour and listen to the discourses to discard Maya and its adverse influence. These will destroy desires.
Eternal happiness dwells in our heart, but not in any ephemeral pleasures of the world. How do we know there is a rise in eternal happiness of God? The joy of kirtans, raas, pooja and satsang-samaiya, indicates a rise in the eternal happiness of God. The soul realises the pleasures of Akshardham by concentrating on the divine image of God. Live in the company of God. Live with pride of such company.
(The eternal Supreme Lord desired of his own free will to sing the scripture of Sneh Gita. Nishkulanand is merely an instrument in the hand of God to deliver this scripture).
Sneh Gita is a means to attaining God. Sneh Gita aims for absolute detachment and devotional love.
There are eleven Padas and forty-four Kadavans. The scripture was concluded on the auspicious fourth day of the bright half of Vaishakha in V.S. 1872.
Pada - 11
Nothing is comparable to devotional love. Devotional love is supreme. Japa, Tapa, Tirtha, Yoga, Sadhana, Yagya and others are futile without devotional love. Upavasa (fasting), Tyaga (renunciation) and Tapa (penance) are not fruitful without devotional love.
(Love is the lifeline of devotional service. Nothing can be compared to sublime love.)
Penance, vratas and meditation are not fruitful without devotion and love. Millions of souls are engaged in such dry penance and futile meditation. Shree Krishna has not favoured them with his blissful darshan, but has surrendered himself to the love soaked affection of the Gopis:
(Shree Krishna has surrendered to the love of the residents of Vraj. He has sported raas leela with them. He loves them heartily and gives them eternal pleasure. Lord Sahajanand, the Lord and Master of Nishkulanand, surrenders to selfless love and devotion.)
Lord Purushottam Narayan has displayed many leelas in his human form by having meals with his devotees and saints. He is bound to the devotional fervour of his devotees. I salute humbly to the lotus like feet of Lord Sahajanand Swami.
Darshan, listening or recitation of Sneh Gita, relieves the soul from the burden of sins and consigns the soul to the divine abode of God.
Sneh Gita is a scripture of love
The scripture of Sneh Gita aims to resurrect devotion with detachment and knowledge. This knowledge and detachment augments through reading and listening to Sneh Gita. Knowledge and detachment are very much in our heart, but they are in dormant state, wrapped in Maya. Sneh Gita helps them to rise and grow by shattering the bonds of Maya. Sneh Gita is a rousing call for all aspirants. Devotion rises and grows from knowledge and detachment.
Sneh Gita helps us to lament and cry. We can cry for our pitiable state by listening to the love soaked episodes of the Gopis. Sneh Gita helps us to awaken from the deep sleep of householder life. Sneh Gita improves our quality of life. It brings a revolution in our stagnated life.
The wheat flour in a sweet dish of Shira is of lesser value. Its cost is less and therefore is a very cheap ingredient, but theoretically, the wheat flour in Shira is highly valuable like butter oil, because a dish of Shira cannot be made without wheat flour. Thus the ingredients of wheat flour, sugar and Ghee (butter oil) are equally important for a sumptuous dish of Shira. Similarly, the ingredients like knowledge, detachment, devotion and ethical duties are equally important for ultimate salvation. These are the virtuous attributes of a true devotee. The Gopis had perfect knowledge, devotion, detachment and practice of ethical duties.
Sneh Gita is a scripture of selfless love. It teaches us to love our God. It helps us to forget the gross body and develop devotional love for God. Once we have developed such love, there is no question of God manifesting himself in front of us, his loved ones.
|| Thus ends here Sneh Gita ||