गोपी प्रेम -हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार पृ. 16

gopi prem -hanuman prasad poddar

apane tan, man, dhan, roop, yovan, lok-paralok-sabako shrikrishn ki sukh-samagri samajhakar shrikrishn-sukh ke liye shuddh anurag karana hi pavitr gopibhav hai. is gopibhav mean madhur ras ki pradhanata hai. ras paanch haian- shant, dasy, sakhy, vatsaly aur madhury. laukik aur eeshvariy-divy bhed se ye paanchoan ras do prakar ke haian arthath laukik prem bhi uparyukt paanch prakar ka hai aur divy prem bhi paanch prakar ka hai. parantu in paanchoan mean madhur ras-kanta prem sabase ooancha hai, kyoanki isamean shant, dasy, sakhy, vatsaly-ye charoan hi ras vidyaman haian. yah adhik gun sampann hone se adhik svadisht hai, isaliye isaka nam ‘madhur‘ hai. isi prakar divy prem mean bhi kanta prem-madhur ras hi sarvapradhan hai. shant aur dasy ras mean ‘bhagavanh aishvaryashali haian, maian din hooan bhagavanh savami haian, maian sevak hooan‘- aisa bhav rahata hai. isamean kuchh alagav-sa hai, bhay hai aur sankoch hai; parantu sakhy, vatsaly aur madhury mean kramashah bhagavanh adhikadhik nijajan haian, apane pyare haian, priyatam haian, inamean bhagavanh aishvary ko bhulakar, vibhooti ko chhipakar sakha, putr ya kant roop se bhakt ke samane sada prakat rahate haian, in rasoan mean prarthana-kamana hai hi nahian. apane nij-jan se prarthana kaisi? usaka sab kuchh apana hi to hai. inamean bhi kanta bhav sarvapradhan hai. kanta bhav mean pichhale donoan rasoan ka-sakhy aur vatsaly ka poorn samavesh hai. yahaan bhagavanh ki seva khoob hoti hai, itani hoti hai ki seva karane vala bhakt kabhi thakata hi nahian; kyoanki yah malik ki seva nahian hai, priyatam ki seva hai. priyatam ke sukhi hone mean hi apar sukh hai, jitana sukh pahuanche, utana hi tho da; kyoanki priyatam ko jitana adhik sukh pahuanchata hai, utane hi apar sukh ka anubhav use sukh pahuanchane vali premamayi priyatama ko hota hai. yah kantabhav do prakar ka hai- svakiya aur parakiya. laukik kantabhav mean parakiya bhav tyajy hai, ghrinit hai; kyoanki usamean aang-sangaroop kamavasana rahati hai aur praramaspad ‘jar manushy‘ hota hai. parantu divy kantabhav mean -parameshvar ke prati hone vale kantabhav mean parakiyabhav grahya hai. vah svakiya se shreshth hai, kyoanki isamean kahian aang-sang ya indriy tripti ki akaanksha nahian hai.