Faith is of Two Types, Thus Bhakti is of Two Types

(1)
śraddhā-devī nāma yāra, dui-vidha svabhāva tāra
vidhi-mūla ruci-mūla bhede
śāstrera śāsane yabe, śraddhāra udaya habe
vaidha-śraddhā tāre bale vede

The goddess named Śraddhā Devī has two characteristics. When faith arises based on śāstrika injunctions and rules, it is called vaidhi-śraddhā, or faith grounded in regulation, as described in the Vedas.

(2)
vraja-vāsī-seve kṛṣṇe, sei śuddha-sevā-dṛṣṭe
yabe haya śraddhāra udaya
lobhamayī śraddhā satī, rāgānugā śuddha-mati
bahu bhāgye sādhaka labhaya

When faith arises in the mood of the residents of Vraja, whose service to Kṛṣṇa is purely spontaneous, that pure, greedy faith (lobhamayī śraddhā) is called rāgānugā-śraddhā. Such a pure inclination is attained only by great fortune.

(3)
śraddhā-bhede bhakti-bhede, gāiteche cāri-veda
vaidha rāgānugā bhakti dvaya
sādhana-samaye yathā, siddhi-kāle tathā
ei-rūpa bhakti-śāstre kaya

Due to different kinds of faith, there are different kinds of bhakti. The four Vedas describe these two types of bhakti – vaidhi and rāgānugā. As is the practice in sādhana, so is the attainment in perfection; this is stated in the bhakti-śāstras.

(4)
vaidhi-bhakti dhīra gati rāgānugā tīvra ati
ati śīghra rasa-avasthā pāya
rāga-vartma-su-sādhane ruci haya yāra mane
rūpānuga haite sei dhāya

Vaidhi-bhakti advances slowly, while rāgānugā-bhakti is extremely swift and quickly brings one to the state of rasa. One whose mind develops taste for the path of spontaneous bhakti runs swiftly in the line of Śrī Rūpa.

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Yāmuna Bhāvāvalī (The Ecstasies of  Yāmunācārya)
  1. 1ohe prabhu dayāmaya, tomāra caraṇa-dvaya
  2. 2tomāra īkṣaṇa haya, sakala utpatti laya
  3. 3para-tattva-vicakṣaṇa, vyāsa-ādi muni-gaṇa
  4. 4jagatera vastu yata, baddha saba svabhāvataḥ
  5. 5tumi sarva-guṇa-yuta, śakti tava vaśī-bhūta
  6. 6tomāra gambhīra mana, nāhi bujhe anya jana
  7. 7māyā-baddha yata kṣaṇa, thāke to' jīvera mana
  8. 8dharma-niṣṭhā nāhi mora, ātma-bodha vā sundara
  9. 9hena duṣṭa karma nāi, yāhā āmi kari nāi
  10. 10nija-karma-doṣa-phale, poḍi' bhavārṇava-jale
  11. 11anya āśā nāhi yāra, tava pada-padma tāra
  12. 12tava pada-paṅkajinī, jīvāmṛta-sañcāriṇī
  13. 13bhramite saṁsāra-vane, kabhu daiva-saṁghaṭane
  14. 14tomāra caraṇa-padma, anurāga-sudhā-sadma
  15. 15tavāṅghri-kamala-dvaya, vilāsa-vikrama-maya
  16. 16āmi sei duṣṭa-mati, nā dekhiyā anya-gati
  17. 17āmi aparādhī jana, sadā daṇḍya durlakṣaṇa
  18. 18aviveka-rūpa ghana, tāhe dik ācchādana
  19. 19agre eka nivedana, kari madhusūdana
  20. 20tomā chāḍi' āmi kabhu, anātha nā hai prabhu
  21. 21strī-puruṣa-deha-gata, varṇa-ādi dharma yata
  22. 22veda-vidhi-anusāre, karma kari' e saṁsāre
  23. 23tomāra ye śuddha-bhakta, tomāte se anurakta
  24. 24śuno he madhu-mathana, mama eka vijñāpana
  25. 25āmi nara-paśu-prāya, ācāra-vihīna tāya
  26. 26tumi jagatera pitā, tumi jagatera mātā
  27. 27āmi ta' cañcala-mati, amaryāda khudra ati
Kārpaṇya Pañjikā (A Diary of Humility)
  1. 1āmi ati dīna-mati, vraja-kuñje nivasati
Śoka Śātana (The Removal of Despair)
  1. 1pradoṣa-samaye śrīvāsa-aṅgane
  2. 2praveśiyā antaḥpure nārī-gaṇe śānta kare
  3. 3dhana jana deha geha kṛṣṇe samarpaṇa
  4. 4sabu meli’ bālaka-bhāga vicāri
  5. 5śrīvāsa-vacana śravaṇa kariyā
  6. 6prabhura vacana, takhana śuniyā
  7. 7gorācandera ājñā peye gṛha-vāsī-gaṇa
  8. 8pūrṇa-cid-ānanda tumi
  9. 9bāndhila māyā ye dina ha’te
  10. 10śrīvāse kahena prabhu tuṅhu mora dāsa
  11. 11śrīvāsera prati, caitanya-prasāda
  12. 12mṛta śiśu la’ye tabe bhakta-vatsala
  13. 13nadīyā-nagare gorā-carita amṛta
Śrī Śrī Rūpānuga-bhajana-darpaṇa (Reflections on Rūpānuga Bhajana)
  1. 1śrī-guru śrī-gaura-candra, vṛndāvane yuva-dvandva
  2. 2bahu-janma-bhāgya-vaśe, cinmaya madhura rase
  3. 3yoga yāga saba chāra śraddhā sakalera sāra
  4. 4chāḍi' anya abhilāṣa, jñāna-karma-sahāvāsa
  5. 5śraddhā-devī nāma yāra, dui-vidha svabhāva tāra
  6. 6rūpānuga-tattva-sāra, bujhite ākāṅkṣā yāṅra
  7. 7rasera ādhāra yei, tāṅra cite rasa-khāni
  8. 8yei rati janme jāra sei mata rasa tāra
  9. 9madhurera sthāyī-bhāva labhe ye abirbhāva
  10. 10rati prema sneha māna, praṇaya o rāgākhyāna
  11. 11rati-āsvāda-hetu yata, vibhāva nāmete khyāta
  12. 12śrī-nandānandana-dhana, tadīya vallabhā-gaṇa
  13. 13su-ramya madhura-smita, sarva-sal-lakṣaṇānvita
  14. 14su-ramyādi guṇa-gaṇa, hañāche vibhūṣaṇa
  15. 15śrī-kṛṣṇe seviba bali’, gṛha chāḍi’ kuñje cali’
  16. 16nāyikāra śiromaṇi, vraje rādhā ṭhākurāṇī
  17. 17rādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa-gāna, mithāsakti samvardhana
  18. 18pañca-sakhī madhye cāra, nitya-siddha rādhikāra
  19. 19parama-caitanya hari, tāṅra śakti vaneśvarī
  20. 20kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-bhakta-gata, guṇa nāma su-carita
  21. 21vibhāvita rati yabe, kriyāpara ha’ye tabe
  22. 22sthāyī-bhāva-āviṣṭa citta, pāiya vibhāva-vitta
  23. 23nirveda viṣāda mada, dainya glāni śrama-unmāda
  24. 24sādhāraṇī samañjasā, sthāyī lābhe bhāva-daśā
  25. 25śrī ujjvala-rasa sāra, svabhāvataḥ dvi-prakāra
  26. 26darśana āśleṣānvita, ānukūlya-sevāśrita
  27. 27sandarśana saṁsparśana, jalpa vartma-nirodhana
  28. 28rasa-tattva nitya yaiche, vraja-tattva nitya taiche
  29. 29kṛṣṇera yateka khelā, tāra madhye nara-līlā
Siddhi Lālasā (Hankering for Perfection)
  1. 1kabe gaura-vane, suradhunī-taṭe
  2. 2dekhite dekhite, bhuliba vā kabe
  3. 3hena kāle kabe, vilāsa-mañjarī
  4. 4pālya-dāsī kari, lalitā-sundarī
  5. 5cintāmaṇi-maya, rādhā-kuṇḍa-taṭa
  6. 6nirjana kuṭīre, śrī-rādhā-caraṇa
  7. 7śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kabe madhura vacane
  8. 8varaṇe taḍita, vāsa tārābalī
  9. 9vṛṣabhānu-sutā, caraṇa-sevane
  10. 10śrī-kṛṣṇa-virahe, rādhikāra daśā

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