Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu

by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words

The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 1.2.279 ; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.

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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:

ब्रह्मण्य् एव लयं यान्ति प्रायेण रिपवो हरेः ।
केचित् प्राप्यापि सारूप्याभासं मज्जन्ति तत्-सुखे ॥१.२.२७९ ॥

brahmaṇy eva layaṃ yānti prāyeṇa ripavo hareḥ |
kecit prāpyāpi sārūpyābhāsaṃ majjanti tat-sukhe ||1.2.279 ||

English translation

“The enemies of the Lord generally merge into the impersonal brahman. Some of them, even though they attain semblance of a form similar to the Lord’s (sārūpyābhāsam), remain absorbed in the happiness of brahman.”

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