Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

rati yukta chada suddha bhakta bole na sadhanete tari rasa guru kabhu bole na

"The pure devotee of Krishna never speaks of anything other than rasa, transcendental mellows, that is endowed with rati, loving attachment. The guru never claims that rati and rasa are present within the practice of preliminary devotion (sadhana bhakti)."

bhava kale je avastha sadhanagre bole na vaidhi sraddha sadhanete raganuga haya na

"The awakening of transcendental emotional ecstasies (bhava-bhakti) is never said to occur before the practice of regulated devotional service (sadhana-bhakti). The performance of regulated devotion with faith limited only to such beginning regulations (vaidhi-sraddha) can never give rise to spontaneous devotional service (raganuga-bhakti)."

bhavera ankura ho le vidhi ara thake na raganuga sraddha matre jata rati haya na

"When bhava, the ecstatic mood of divine love actually sprouts, then the need for following scriptural rules (vidhi) does not remain. Mere faith in spontaneous devotional service, however, does not produce the actual awakening of transcendental loving attachment (rati)."