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  • rāgātmikāika-niṣṭhā ye vraja-vāsi-janādayaḥ |
    teṣāṁ bhāvāptaye lubdho bhaved atrādhikāravān ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.291)

    “One who is intensely desirous of attaining the bhāva of the residents of Vraja or elsewhere, who are fixed exclusively in rāgātmikā-bhakti, shall be possessed of eligibility (adhikāra) here [i.e., for rāgānugā-bhakti].”

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  • lobhe vraja-vāsi-bhāve kare anugati |
    śāstra-yukti nāhi māne—rāgānugāra prakṛti ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.148)

    “Out of intense desire, one [i.e., a fortunate person who has heard about rāgātmikā-bhakti] follows the bhāva of a Vraja-vāsī and does not consider śāstra [i.e., injunctions] or reasoning. This is the nature of rāgānugā [-bhakti].”

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  • rāgātmikā-bhakti mukhyā vraja-vāsi-jane |
    tāra anugata bhaktira ‘rāgānugā’ nāme ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.144)

    “Rāgātmikā-bhakti is principal and [found] in the residents of Vraja. Bhakti which follows it is called rāgānugā [-bhakti].”

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  • virājantīm abhivyaktāṁ vraja-vāsi-janādiṣu |
    rāgātmikām anusṛtā yā sā rāgānugocyate ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.270)

    “That [type of bhakti] which follows the rāgātmikā-bhakti [i.e., the bhakti constituted purely of rāga] beautifully manifest in the residents of Vraja and other persons is known as rāgānugā-bhakti.”

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  • paraṁ saukhyaṁ hi nairāśyaṁ svairiṇy apy āha piṅgalā |
    taj jānatīnāṁ naḥ kṛṣṇe tathāpy āśā duratyayā ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.47.47)

    [The Vraja-gopīs:] “Although the prostitute Piṅgalā said that hopelessness is the greatest happiness [see SB 11.8.44], still, even though we know this, our hope for Kṛṣṇa is unassailable [i.e., impossible to give up].”

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  • rāgamayī bhaktira haya ‘rāgātmikā’ nāma |
    tāhā śuni lubdha haya kona bhāgyavān ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.147)

    “Bhakti constituted of rāga is called rāgātmikā. Hearing of it, some fortunate person becomes intensely desirous [of it].”

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