History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.139

v7.c91.139

¹⁵⁴⁰ यस्य देवे परा भक्तिर्यथा देवे तथा गुरौ । तस्यैते कथिता ह्यर्थाः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः ॥ श्वेतश्वि. VI 23, यो ब्रह्माणं विदधाति पूर्वं यो वै वेदांश्च प्रहिणोति तस्मै । तं ह देवमात्मबुद्धिप्रकाशं मुमुक्षुर्वै शरणमहं प्रपद्ये ॥ श्वेताश्व. VI. 18. This last verse is relied upon by स्वप्नेश्वर in his bhāṣya on शाण्डिल्य-भक्तिसूत्र I. 1 1. Barth in his 'Religions of India' translated by J. Wood (3rd ed 1891) sets out the grounds on which western scholars (particularly Weber) held that the religion of loving faith in Kṛṣṇa was due to Christian influence and then states that he is not satisfied with this theory (pp. 219-223)