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BHAKTI-YOGA
the gods worship, all the lovers of liberation, and all the knowers of the Brahman.” यं सर्वे देवाः नमस्यन्ति मुमुक्षवो amarferfa (Nri. Tap. Up.). Such is the power of love. When a man has forgotten himself altogether, and does not feel that anything belongs to him, then he acquires the state of Tadiyata; everything is sacred to him, because it belongs to the Beloved. Even with regard to earthly love, the lover thinks that everything belonging to his beloved is sacred and so dear to him. He loves even a piece of the cloth belonging to the darling of his heart. In the same way, when a person loves the Lord, the whole universe becomes dear to him, because it is all His.
