Verse Text
sā bhaktir eka-mukhyāṇgāśritānaikāṅgi kātha vā |
sva-vāsanānusāreṇa niṣṭhātaḥ siddhi-kṛd bhavet ||264||
Translation
Bhakti, taking shelter of one principal aṅga or many aṅgas according to one’s desire, and practiced with steadiness, brings about the desired result (bhāva and prema).
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
That bhakti in which one aṅga is performed as the principal one among hearing, chanting and other aṅgas, while other aṅgas become secondary, or that bhakti in which many aṅgas are performed, leads to perfection. The choice of one or many aṅgas is according to one’s preference (sva-vāsaṇusārena).
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī affirms herein that there are nine different kinds of devotional service, which are listed as hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity in the temple, praying, carrying out orders, serving Kṛṣṇa as a friend and sacrificing everything for Him. Each and every one of these processes is so powerful that if anyone follows even one single one of them, he can achieve the desired perfection without fail. For example, if one is attached simply to hearing about the Lord and another is attached to chanting the glories of the name, both will achieve their desired goal in devotional service. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta this has been explained. One may execute one, two, three or all the different processes of devotional service, and at the ultimate end he will achieve the desired goal of being established in devotional service.