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Vasishtha Muni: I do not have solitary place, but here it means
vidhi-niñedha (dos and don’ts), eka anta – one goal. At this point,
but whatever you say is a com- someone may claim that he also
mand to me. It shows the guru- has only one goal – money!
çiñya (Guru and the disciple), However, what is meant here is
svämé-sevaka (the master and the ‘that which is one, and not two’.
servant) and éçvara-jéva (God Wealth has many forms – land,
and the individual) sambandha cash, jewellery etc. Bodies are
(relationship). Thus, dropping many; senses are many. So also,
the triple factors, one must serve minds and intellects are many.
and love either as a servant or Similarly, knowledge is also of
as a beloved. That alone is to be many types. On a deeper analy-
cultivated and followed. sis, we find that the seer is one
Devotees are categorized in alone – eko drañöä. Dåçya or that
various ways – ärta, jijïäsu and which is seen may be many, but
arthäthé, or sättvika, räjasika and the seer is one alone. The ulti-
tämasika etc. Someone asked mate drañöä is of the nature of
Narada Muni, “Whose devotion consciousness – caitanya svarüpa.
is the best? Who are the mukhya Another meaning of ekaù is
bhaktas?” And here is his reply: eti sarvatra gacchati – that which
É´a @kaiNtnae muOya>.67. has gone everywhere, which has
to be only one. That is why the
bhaktä ekäntino mukhyäù. (67)
numeral 1 is called eka, because
bhaktäù – devotees; ekäntinaù it is present in all numerals.
– single-pointed; mukhyäù – best. Here, Narada Muni is speaking
Devotees who are single- of eka paramätmä. Éçvara also has
pointed are the best. to be only one: eko devaù sarva
1
The literal meaning of bhüteñu güòhaù – God, who is
ekäntinaù is a person living in a 1 Shvetashvatara Upanishad, 6.11

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