Bhakti Sandarbha 228-230 : Mixed Bhakti desiring only pure bhakti
This is the concluding portion of the section on sanga-siddha bhakti The progression is twofold. One is the motivation, the second is the actual practices one engages in. The closer one comes to exclusively engaging in svarupa-siddha bhakti with the goal of attaining pure prema is the best, even though here and there the Bhagavatam recommends mixed bhakti for results that are not pure prema. Anuccheda 228 Saṅga-siddhā bhakti Mixed With Karma Desiring Only Bhakti तदेवं कैवल्यकामायां ज्ञानमिश्रोक्ता। अथ भक्तिमात्रकामायां कर्ममिश्रा, यथा (भा. ११.१९.२०, २३-२४)— We have thus explained, devotion mixed with non-dual awareness directed towards the attainment of liberation. Devotion mixed with karma , yet motivated solely by a desire for pure devotion, is described by Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa: श्रद्धामृतकथायां मे शश्वन् मदनुकीर्तनम्। परिनिष्ठा च पूजायां स्तुतिभिः स्तवनं मम॥ इत्यादि, मदर्थेऽर्थपरित्यागो भोगस्य च सुखस्य च। इष्टं दत्तं हुतं जप्तं मदर्थं यद्व्रतं तपः॥ एवं ...