365bet娱乐

320
STUDIES IN THE UPAPURANAS
servant, 134 and lays special stress on avyabhic膩ri峁噄 bhakti (unswerving
devotion), which arises from pious acts and forms the basis of j帽膩na
yielding final liberation, 185 In its opinion, a C膩峁囜笉膩la who is sincerely
devoted to Vi峁ａ箛u is superior to a Brahmin, and a Brahmin having no
devotion for Visnu is worse than a C膩峁囜笉膩la.136 It contains a good
number of hymns mostly in praise of Vi峁ａ箛u-N膩r膩ya峁嘺鹿37 and speaks of
innumerable incarnations of the god, of which only the following ten
have been named: Matsya, K奴rma, Var膩ha, N峁泂imha, V膩mana,
Jamadagnya, R膩ma D膩艣arathi, R膩ma (Musali, also called Nanda-
sut膩graja), I艣膩na and Kalki.138
In its discourse on the way of attaining final liberation (mok峁�a) in
chap. 31 the B峁沨ann膩rad墨ya-p. deals elaborately with Yoga consisting
of Kriya-yoga and J帽盲na-yoga, of which the former requires the wor-
ship of all-pervading Visnu in images, twice-born people, the earth,
fire, sun, pictures etc. and forms the basis of the latter. 13潞 As a matter
of fact, worship of Vi峁ａ箛u in images forms the preliminary step to the
realisation of the god and is meant for 'ignorant people, who always
worship the Lord of the Universe in images of stone etc.'140 It takes
j帽膩na to be the same as buddhi purified by the total destruction of
134 Bn膩r. 14. 204.
I.
135 Ibid., 1. 13; and 31. 27鈥�
j帽膩na-labhyam param mok峁�am pr膩hus tattv盲rtha-cintak膩岣�/
tajj帽膩nam bhakti-m眉lam ca bhakti岣� sat-karmaj膩 tath膩//
136 Ibid., 32. 39, and 35. 12.
137 Ibid.. 2. 20-53; 4. 55-63; 4. 84-89; 5. 24-32; 11. 19-39, 71-79; 15.
57-64; 36. 3-38.
138 Ibid., 2. 31-41. See also ibid., 11. 77-78 for some of the names.
139 Ibid., 31. 31-33-
yogas tu dvividha岣� prokta岣� karma-j帽膩na-prabhedata岣�//,
kriy膩-yogam vin膩 n峁涐箾峁嚹乵 j帽膩na-yogo na sidhyati/
kriya-yoga-ratas tasm膩c chraddhaya harim arcayet//
pratim膩-dvija-bh奴my-agni-s奴rya-citr膩di峁�udvij膩岣� /
arcayeddharim ete峁�u vi峁ａ箛u岣� sarva-gato yata岣�//
140 Ibid., 2. 48鈥攁j帽膩 yajanti vi艣ve艣am p膩峁Ｄ佱箛膩di峁�u sarvad膩},