kṛṣṇa-tad-bhakta-kāruṇya-mātra-lābhaika-hetukā |
puṣṭi-mārgatayā kaiścid iyaṁ rāgānugocyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.309)
“Because the only cause for attaining it is simply the grace of Kṛṣṇa and his bhaktas, this rāgānugā [-bhakti] is called puṣṭi-mārga by some.”
śrī-mūrter mādhurīṁ prekṣya tat-tal-līlāṁ niśamya vā |
tad-bhāvākāṅkṣiṇo ye syus teṣu sādhanatānayoḥ |
purāṇe śruyate pādme puṁsam api bhaved iyam ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.300)
“After seeing the beauty of the śrī-mūrti [i.e., the beauty of the śrī-mūrti of Śrī Kṛṣṇa along with the śrī-mūrtis of his beloveds engaged in their various līlās], or hearing of the beauty of their various līlās, those who shall become desirous of that bhāva [i.e., the bhāva of the Vraja-gopīs] possess the means [i.e., the adhikāra, eligibility] for these two [i.e., either of the two types of kāmānugā-bhakti]. This can occur even in men, as is heard of in Padma Purāṇa.”
tad-bhāvecchātmikā tāsām bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitā |
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.299)
“Bhakti constituted of desire for the sweetness of their [i.e., the Vraja-gopīs’] bhāva shall be [called] tad-bhāvecchātmikā [i.e., bhakti constituted of desire for their bhāva].”
kāmānugā bhavet tṛṣṇā kāma-rūpānugāminī |
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.297)
“Bhakti constituted of strong desire which follows kāma-rūpā [-rāgātmikā-bhakti] shall be [called] kāmānugā [-rāgānugā-bhakti].”
sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi |
tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.295)
“With the sādhaka-form and with the siddha-form here itself [i.e., in Vraja], service is to be performed by one desirous of that bhāva [of one’s longing] following the residents of Vraja.”
kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam |
tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau kuryād vāsaṁ vraje sadā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.294)
“Remembering beloved Kṛṣṇa and his companion of one’s own longing, one absorbed in narrations of them should always dwell in Vraja.”
tat-tad-bhāvādi-mādhurye śrute dhīr yad apekṣate |
nātra śāstraṁ na yuktiṁ ca tal-lobhotpatti-lakṣaṇam ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.292)
“That the intellect relies neither upon injunctions (śāstra) nor upon reasoning [to act] after hearing of the sweetness of their [i.e., the rāgātmikā-bhaktas’] respective bhāvas and so forth [i.e., their forms, qualities, līlā, etc.]—this is the characteristic of the arising of lobha in this regard [i.e., in regard to rāgānugā-bhakti].”
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].”
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.”
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].”
