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(viii) Accomplishment of happiness/joy:
Giribhrājo normayo madanto brhaspatimabhyarkā anāvan. (RV, 10/68/1)
i.e.,
Like joyous streams bursting from the mountain,
To Brhaspati, our hymns have sounded.
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As already stated, the ultimate aim of Vedic bhakti is nothing less than immortality, which is so frequently being aspired for in the Vedic prayers as follows:
Yatra jyotir ajasraṁ yasmin loke svar hitam Tasmin mām dhehi pavamānāmrte loke aksita indrāyendo pari srava. Yatrānandās ca modās ca mudah pramuda asate Kāmasya yatrāptah kāmās tatra mām amrtam krdhindrāyendo pari srava. (RV, 9/113/7,11)
i.e.,
Where eternal lusture glows, the realm in which the light divine is set,
place me, Purifier, in that
deathless, imperishable world.
For Indra, flow thou on, Indu!
Make me immortal in that relam Where beatitude and joy and cheer
and transports of delight abound,
where the highest desire have filled.
For Indra, flow thou on, Indu !
The following verses from the Vedas beautifully express this ultimate and the highest level of bhakti, i.e. the experience of enjoying infinite bliss of the Supreme: Apāma somamamrtā abhuma agāma jyotiravidāma devān Kim nūnamasmān krnavadarātiḥ kimu dhurtiramsta martyasya. (RV, 8/48/3) i.e. As we drink the elixir of divine love, we
become immortal; we attain the heavenly
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