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  nanu svārtha-vimūḍhānāṁ pramattānāṁ gṛhehayā aho naḥ smārayām āsa gopa-vākyaiḥ satāṁ gatiḥ (Srimad Bhagavata 10.23.45) There are different types of spiritual seekers (or Dharmic) - the Karmis (dedicated to Action without expecting anything in return ),Jnani (Dedicated to Wisdom),Bhakta(Devotee); There are also,Jnana-mishra Karmis (Both Action & Wisdom like king Janaka of the Ramayana),Bhakti-Mishra Karmis(Like King Bali) and then three of them in together(like Arjuna of the Mahabharata) .But ,there's a another type of people known as Karmajadas ,those are blindly attached to the action with desires;mainly, ceremonial activities with a greed of this life and after life !The probability of their result is 50-50,even after enjoying the result of selfish actions,one has to come down even to the level of animals just because of the inner enemies such as lust,jealousy,anger etc .             The Karmajadas can't tolerate the devotees as the path ...

The enormous narration of devotion in the Srimad Bhagavata is esoteric,not everyone can study or hear the full Bhagavata with its occult meaning due to their preoccupation with  material distress of life.For these materially engaged person,mystic or saints have derived the gem of Bhakti suitable and easily assessable . Some of Such literary treasures are Bhavartha Deepika of Sridhara , Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnupuri and Bhakti Ratnakar of Sankardev.These books are the cream produced from the milk ocean of Bhagavata.                     Visnupuri's Bhakti Ratnavali is a compendium of verses selected from Srimad Bhagavata portraying the nine limbs of devotion or Nabadha Bhakti. Vishnupuri lived somewhere between mid or late 14th century AD to Mid 15th century AD.Ratnavali literary means the Necklace or gem (of devotion) is available with a commentary called ' Kantimala' by the same author .It is written -       ...