Up until now the definition and division of devotees was done on the basis of their attainment of love. Incidentally, in the previous anuccheda a description was also given on the basis of worship of the deity form of Bhagavān. Now Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī begins a new analysis of devotees on the basis of their spiritual practice. Anuccheda 199 Divisions of Devotees on the Basis of Spiritual Practice तदेवमुपदिष्टा भागवतसत्सु मूर्च्छितकषायादयो महद्भेदाः। भागवतसन्मात्रभेदाश्च तत्सन्मात्रभेदेषु, अर्चायामेव हरये (भा. ११.२.४५) इत्यादिना तत्तद्गुणाविर्भावतारतम्याल् लब्धतारतम्याः कतिचिद्दर्शिताः। Among the various types of devotee saints, we have thus explained the three divisions of great devotees, namely those who have attained eternal forms as associates of Bhagavān, those who are cleansed of all material desire, and those who still have a trace of desire that is no longer active [these were first referred to at the beginning of Anuccheda 187]. And within the general divisions of ...
