Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s2.23

c8.s2.23

The third Laharī takes up the second type of Uttamā Bhakti, namely, Bhāva-bhakti, which is really a further maturing of the Sādhana-bhakti (*sādhana-paripākena*, as Viśvanātha Cakravartin puts it), but which may also develop independently through the grace of Kṛṣṇa or his Bhaktas (*kṛṣṇa-kṛpayā tad-bhakta-kṛpayā vā*). The Bhāva may, therefore, either be (i) Sādhanābhiniveśaja, the Sādhana way of worship being again either the Vaidhī or the Rāgānugā, as described above, (ii) Kṛṣṇa-prasādaja, due to the personal favour or grace of Kṛṣṇa, either through his word (Vācika), his bestowal of light (Āloka-dāna), or his cordiality (Hārda), or (iii) Kṛṣṇa-bhakta-prasādaja, due to the grace of the followers of Kṛṣṇa. The cases (ii) and (iii) require no special effort, but they are rarely to be met with.