Verse Text
tatra adhikārī—
rāgātmikāika-niṣṭhā ye vraja-vāsi-janādayaḥ |
teṣāṁ bhāvāptaye lubdho bhaved atrādhikāravān ||291||
Translation
The qualification for rāgānuga-bhakti is as follows: That person who is greedy for attaining a bhāva similar to that of the inhabitants of Vraja—who are fixed solely in rāgātmika-bhakti—is qualified for rāgānuga-bhakti.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Having described the characteristics of rāgātmika-bhakti of the siddha-bhaktas, the author now describes the characteristics of rāgānuga-bhakti of the sādhakas. He who is greedy to attain a bhāva similar to that of the people of Vraja—who are fixed in rāgātmika-bhakti—is qualified for rāgānuga-bhakti.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Eligibility for Spontaneous Devotional Service
Persons desiring to follow in the footsteps of such eternal devotees of the Lord as the Vṛṣṇis and Vṛndāvana denizens are called rāgānugā devotees, which means that they are trying to attain to the perfection of those devotees.