Bhagavadgita 12.2

12.2

śrīviśvanātha—tatra madbhaktā śreṣṭhā ityāha—mayi śyāmasundarākāre mana āveśyāviṣṭaṃ kṛtvā nityayuktā mannityayogakāṅkṣiṇaḥ parayā guṇātītayā śraddhayā; yaduktaṃ—“sāttvikyādhyātmikī śraddhā karmaśraddhā tu rājasī| tāmasyadharme yā śraddhā matsevāyāntu nirguṇā|” iti| te me madīyā ananyabhaktā yuktatamā yogavittamā ityarthaḥ| tenānanyabhaktebhyo nyūnā anye jñānakarmādimiśrabhaktimanto yogavittamā ityartho'bhivyañjito bhavati| tataśca jñānādbhaktiḥ śreṣṭhā bhaktāvapyananyabhaktiḥ śreṣṭhā ityupapāditam|
sā. va. prakāśikā vṛtti—arjunake praśnako sunakara bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇa atyanta prasanna hokara kahane lage—“jo loga mere śyāmasundararūpameṃ manoniveśapūrvaka guṇātītā śraddhāke sātha sadā-sarvadā ananya bhāvase marī upāsanā karate haiṃ, maiṃ aise bhaktoṃko hī sarvaśreṣṭha yogī samajhatā hūm̐|” aise ananya bhaktagaṇa hī yathārthameṃ śreṣṭhatama yogī haiṃ| jñāna-karma ādise miśra bhaktiyukta yogī śreṣṭhatara haiṃ| isalie jñānayogakī apekṣā bhaktiyoga śreṣṭha ‘śraddhā śabde—viśvāsa kahe sudṛr̤ha niścaya| kṛṣṇabhakti kaile sarvakarma kṛta haya||' (cai. ca. ma. 22/62) arthāt, vaha niścayātmaka viśvāsa ki śrīkṛṣṇakī hī bhakti karanese pāyā jātā hai— ‘śraddhā tu anyopāya varjaṃ kṛṣṇonmukhī cittavṛtti viśeṣaḥ|’ arthāt, anya upāyoṃse rahita kevala śrīkṛṣṇake prati unmukha cittavṛttiko hī śraddhā kahate haiṃ| śrīmadbhāgavatameṃ cāra prakārakī śraddhākā ullekha hai— ‘sāttvikyādhyātmikī śraddhā karmaśraddhā tu rājasī| tāmasya dharme yā śraddhā matsevāyāntu nirguṇā||' (śrīmadbhā. 11/25/27)