Love knows no rival
"I repeatedly offer my respects to the dust from the feet of the women of Nanda Maharaja's cowherd village. When these gopis loudly chant the glories of Sri Krishna, the vibration purifies the three worlds."
The third angle of the spiritual triangle is "love knows no rival". Sincere devotees are never jealous of others or their love for their own highest ideal, God. Sincere devotees never worry about whose Bhakthi is more intense or less intense.
Let us take the case of Bhaagavathotthama Shri Uddhav. When he reached Vrindaavanam with Bhagavan's message to the Gopikas, he was so surprised and happy to see their intense devotion towards Bhagavan. He had never seen or heard such unalloyed love anywhere and he says:
vande nanda-vraja-strinam
pada-renum abhiksnasah
yasam hari-kathodgitam
punati bhuvana-trayam
pada-renum abhiksnasah
yasam hari-kathodgitam
punati bhuvana-trayam
"I repeatedly offer my respects to the dust from the feet of the women of Nanda Maharaja's cowherd village. When these gopis loudly chant the glories of Sri Krishna, the vibration purifies the three worlds."
Vivekananda Swamiji says that those who show intolerance and jealousy to a devotee ,whether they are devoted to the same manifestation of the Supreme Truth or different, those individuals are not real devotees. If one is not able to understand and accept "ekam sad vipraa: bahudha vadanthi" or the "The Truth is one, the wise speak of it in different ways", he is not a sincere devotee of the Universal Power.
With ananthakoti namaskaaram to Bhagavan and Vivekananda Swamiji who said:
The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.".
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