Gītā-mālā

(1)
chāḍi’ anya abhilāṣa, jñāna-karma-sahāvāsa
ānukūlya kṛṣṇānuśīlana
śuddha-bhakti bali’ tare, bhakti-śāstra su-vicāre
śrī-rūpera siddhānta-vacana

Rejecting all desires for both karma or jñāna, one should accept those things that are favourable for the cultivation of kṛṣṇa-bhakti. Śrī Rūpa has made this conclusive statement in regards to śuddha-bhakti by deliberating upon the bhakti-śāstras.

(2)
śravaṇa kīrtana smṛti, sevārcana dāsya nati
sakhya ātma-nivedana haya
sādhana-bhaktira aṅga, sādhakera yāhe raṅga
sadā sādhu-jana-saṅga-maya

Hearing, chanting, remembering the Lord, serving, worshipping His Deity, becoming His servant, offering prayers, friendship and complete surrender – these are the divisions of sādhana-bhakti. The practicing devotees perform these continually in the association of sādhus.

(3)
sādhana-bhaktira bale, bhāva-rūpa bhakti-phale
tāhā punaḥ prema-rūpa pāya
preme jīva kṛṣṇa bhaje, kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rase māje
sei rasa śrī-rūpa śikhāya

Through the strength of devotional sādhana, one’s bhakti becomes the form of ecstatic love and after that it takes on the form of prema. In that state of prema, the jīva worships Kṛṣṇa and is immersed in the rasa of kṛṣṇa-bhakti. This is the rasa that Śrī Rūpa has taught.