Category: PhilosophyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate
ભક્તિ
/bhakti/Roman
English meaning: Devotion
Gujarati Definition
(ગુજરાતી)ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ.
English Definition
Loving devotion to God, one of the paths to liberation in Hinduism. The Bhakti movement produced great poet-saints in Gujarat like Narasimha Mehta, Mirabai, and Dayarama. Swaminarayan Sampraday, founded in Gujarat, emphasises devotion as the path to God-realisation.
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“ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ. ઉ.”
In English: “The Bhakti tradition has produced Gujarat's greatest devotional poets.”
Literary Heritage
“અખા ઘટ ઘટ અંતર ત્ય્ાાં ઈ ઉભ્યયો, આખ્યયુ ઘ્યયાન ધ્યયાનથી ચ઼ૂકી ન જ઼ .”
/Akhā ghaṭa ghaṭa antara tyāṃ ī ubhayo, ākhyūṃ dhyāna dhyānathī cūkī naja./
“The One stands within every heart; do not miss That in your meditation.”
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