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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.”
Read on →: virājantīm abhivyaktāṁ
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].”
Read on →: paraṁ saukhyaṁ hi nairāśyaṁ
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].”
Read on →: rāgamayī bhaktira haya ‘rāgātmikā’ nāma
iṣṭe gāḍha-tṛṣṇā ‘rāga’—ei svarūpa-lakṣaṇa |
iṣṭe āviṣṭatā—ei taṭastha-lakṣaṇa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.146)
“Intense thirst for the object of one’s desire is the intrinsic characteristic of rāga. Absorption in the object of one’s desire is the extrinsic characteristic of rāga.”
Read on →: iṣṭe gāḍha-tṛṣṇā ‘rāga’—ei svarūpa-lakṣaṇa
iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ paramāviṣṭatā bhavet |
tan-mayī yā bhaved bhaktiḥ sātra rāgātmikoditā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.272)
“That which is a cause of intense natural absorption in the object of one’s desire [i.e., intense desire constituted of prema] shall be [called] rāga. That bhakti which is constituted of that [i.e., such rāga] shall be called rāgātmikā [-bhakti] here [i.e., in this text].”
Read on →: iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ
yatra rāgānavāptatvāt pravṛttir upajāyate |
śāsanenaiva śāstrasya sā vaidhī bhaktir ucyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.6)
“That bhakti in regard to which the inclination [to enact it] arises only from the śāstra’s ruling because of [that inclination’s] not being acquired from rāga is called vaidhī.”
Read on →: yatra rāgānavāptatvāt