Bhakti Sandarbha 234 : Svarūpa-siddhā Niṣkāmā Bhakti
All these various divisions of bhakti have been enumerated simply to bring to light the preeminence of that devotion which we will now describe. This anuccheda in particular is the climax of the portion of Kapila's teachings that are being highlighted in the prakaraṇa from Anu. 231. The verses quoted here are truly among the deservedly outstanding and grandiose claims of the Bhāgavatam , which no monist would ever be able to fully accept, that devotion is beyond the guṇas of prakṛti. The verses here form a small quartet or catuḥślokī summarizing the Bhāgavata-siddh ānta on pure devotion and should therefore be memorized by everyone. This bhakti is known as svarūpa-siddhā , because it is inherently of the nature of devotion, not requiring any superimposition of devotion to upgrade it; it is kevalā because it is not mixed with any other process. since the processes of karma and jnana are both...