अनासक्तस्य विषयान्यथार्हमुपयुञ्जतः ।
निर्बन्धः कृष्णसम्बन्धे युक्तं वैराग्यमुच्यते ॥
anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ |
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.255)
“[According to the ṭīkās of Jīva Gosvāmī and Viśvanātha Cakravartī:]
The non-attachment (vairāgyam) wherein there is intentness in relation to Kṛṣṇa of one partaking of objects of the senses as appropriate while being detached [from them] is called proper (yuktam).”
“[According to the ṭīkā of Mukunda Dāsa Gosvāmī:] The intentness upon that which is related to Kṛṣṇa [e.g., prasādī garlands, candana, and so forth] of one partaking of objects of the senses as appropriate while being detached [from them] is called proper (yuktam).”
Commentary
tat prāg uktaṁ bhakti-praveśa-yogyam eva vairāgyaṁ vyanakti anāsaktasyeti | anāsaktasya sataḥ yathārhaṁ sva-bhakty-upayukta-mātraṁ yathā syāt tathā viṣayān upayuñjato bhuñjānasya puruṣasya yad vairāgyaṁ tad yuktam ucyate | atra kṛṣṇa-sambandhe nirbandhaḥ syād ity arthaḥ |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā)
“He describes the aforementioned non-attachment (vairāgyam) certainly suitable for entrance into bhakti: anāsaktasya … [i.e., he states this verse]. The non-attachment (vairāgyam) of a person ‘partaking’ (upayuñjataḥ) of objects of the senses (viṣayān) ‘as appropriate’ (yathārham), that is, only so as shall be suitable to one’s [practice of] bhakti, while being ‘non-attached’ (anāsaktasya) [to them] is called proper (yuktam). Here [i.e., in such non-attachment (vairāgyam)], intentness (nirbandhaḥ) shall be in relation to Kṛṣṇa. This is the meaning.”