Developmental Study of Devotional Literature


Author :

Kamlesh Kumar and Dr. Shrikant Mishra

Volume :

2

Issue :

3

Abstract :

Abstract The culture of hedonism has corrupted humanity. Man's desires have spread so much that the entire world is now under its control. The splendor of the entire world cannot satisfy man's desires. Even the king of the earth, the mother of the seven seas, is not capable of satisfying the thirst of lust. This entire universe with its living and non-living beings is pervaded by God. Man should enjoy its things as per his need, but should not collect them with the feeling that 'all this is not mine'. Man was born with an inquisitive and ambitious nature, both these tendencies of man have achieved new stages of development very easily. By ease, I do not mean spontaneous development but artificial developmental form. Whatever progress man has made in knowledge and science, it is a result of man's continuous labour and infinite efforts. When man was born in the lap of the earth under the shade of the sky, he was no more than a helpless creature, how did a helpless crying creature start claiming to be the controller of the universe? Or how did man become the best creature in the universe? All these questions are still unanswered. Curiosity connected man to new steps of history and development. These steps were not only leading to the highest peak in the path of life but also helped in the upheaval of emotions. Some humans, out of arrogance, started considering themselves as the controllers of this universe and some declared themselves as almighty. Can a helpless creature like man be the controller of this universe? Big palaces and golden splendors, physical fitness arts, all of them remain only till this world, science is still thinking about whether they will be able to reach the next world. There is no limit to how long this thinking will continue. Only one question of birth and death is still a bone in the throat of scientists.

Keyword :

Keywords: Devotional literature, narratives, philosophical consciousness, philosophical understanding, stream of thought, spiritual consciousness, mythology.