Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.5

c8.s2.5

¹ Jīva Gosvāmin goes further and lays down (Tattva-sandarbha, ed. Murshidabad 1910, p. 112) that Jñāna and Karman themselves depend upon Bhakti (jñānādes tu bhakti-sāpekṣatvam eva), i.e. there cannot be any true cognition and will without Bhakti. Again, he establishes (Bhakti-sandarbha, ed. Gauḍīya Maṭha, Calcutta, p. 65) bhaktyaiva jñānam siddhyati. This topic will be dealt with below under ch. v.