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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Vaişņava Saints of ....
673
pretend to teach any doctrine to the people. He did not form any sect nor did he show a kind of bitterness towards other sects. He himself possessed natural love and devotion for Kțspa and he expressed his profound love and interest for the sports of Krşņa in his poems. He accepted the devotion by love (premalaksaņābhakti-sharafat) of Vallabha and imagined Kșsņa to be an embodiment of love, sweetness (mådhurya), and joy (ānanda). The bhakti adopted by Sūradāsa is madhurā-bhakti-Aytruin, the most tender and sweet feeling of devotion and adoration, for Kțsna. The object of devotion and praise, according to Sūradāsa, is Kțşņa, who is also addressed as Vāsudeva, Hari, Govind, Prabhu, etc.
Sūradása describes his God as omnipotent, who makes the lame climb a mountain, a blind see, a deaf hear, a dumb speak, who is the father of the world, the controller of the world, the guide (guru) of the world, and who forms friendship with men without selfishness. He, whom the Vedas and the Upanisada describe as attributeless ( nirgura), becomes possessed of attributes (saguņa), who is extremely deep and generous," who is extremely loving (vatsala) to His devotees irrespective of their caste, origin, relatives, status as poor or rich, who is all-compassionate, shows grace when His devotees are in distress, and helps them to rise above
1 Sūradāsa : Sūrasāgara, Vol. 1 (Hindi), Skandha I, Verse 1. 2 Ibid. Verse 3. 8 Ibid, Verse 4. 4 Ibid. Verse 8.
5 Ibid. Verse 11. Ā 43
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