Garga Samhita · Chapter 9.3

nirguṇabhaktiyogakathanam
ugrasena uvāca -
śrutaṃ tava mukhādbrahman guṇakarmagatirmayā //
punarāvartino lokāstathā saṃti viniścatāḥ

niṣkāraṇāddhareḥ sākṣātsevanāddhāma uttamam //
labhate durlabhaṃ divyaṃ bhaktānāṃ tacchrutaṃ mayā

bhaktiyogaḥ katividho vada me vadatāṃ vara //
yena prasanno bhavati bhagavān bhaktavatsalaḥ

śrīvyāsa uvāca -
dvārāvatīśa dhanyo'si śrīkṛṣṇeṣṭo haripriyaḥ //
pṛcchase bhaktiyogaṃ tvaṃ dhanyā te vimalā matiḥ

yaṃ śrutvā nirmalo bhūyād‌viśvaghātyapi pātakī //
taṃ bhaktiyogaṃ viśadaṃ tubhyaṃ vakṣyāmi yādava

bhaktiyogo dvidhā rājan saguṇaścaiva nirguṇaḥ //
saguṇaḥ syād‌bahuvidho nirguṇaścaikalakṣaṇaḥ

saguṇaḥ syād‌bahuvidho guṇamārgeṇa dehinām //
tairguṇaistrividhā bhaktā bhavanti śṛṇu tānpṛthak

hiṃsā daṃbhaṃ ca mātsaryyaṃ cābhisaṃdhāya bhinnadṛk //
kuryād‌bhāvaṃ harau krodhī tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

yaśa aiśvaryaviṣayānabhisaṃdhāya yat‍nataḥ //
arcayedyo hariṃ rājan rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

uddīśya karmanirhāramapṛthagbhāva eva hi //
mokṣārthaṃ bhajate viṣṇuṃ sa bhaktaḥ sātvikaḥ smṛtaḥ

jijñāsurārto jñānī ca tathā'rthārthī mahāmate //
caturvidhā janā viṣṇuṃ bhajaṃte kṛtamaṃgalāḥ

evaṃ bahuvidhenāpi bhaktiyogena mādhavam //
bhajaṃti sanimittāste janāḥ sukṛtinaḥ pare

lakṣaṇaṃ bhaktiyogasya nirguṇasya tathā śṛṇu //
tad‍guṇaśrutimātreṇa śrīkṛṣṇe puruṣottame

paripūrṇatame sākṣātsarvakāraṇakāraṇe //
manogatiravicchinnā khaṃḍitā'haitukī ca yā

yathābdhāvaṃbhasā gaṃgā sā bhaktirnirguṇā smṛtā //
nirguṇānāṃ ca bhaktānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu mānada

sārvabhaumaṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ śakradhiṣṇyaṃ tathaiva ca //
rasādhipatyaṃ yogarddhiṃ na vāñchanti harerjanāḥ

hariṇā dīyamānaṃ vā sālokyaṃ yādaveśvara //
na gṛhṇaṃti kadācitte satsaṃgānaṃdanirvṛtāḥ

sāmīpyaṃ te na vāṃchaṃti bhagavadvirahāturāḥ //
saṃnikṛṣṭe na tatprema yathā dūratare bhavet

sārupyaṃ dīyamānaṃ vā samānatvābhimāninaḥ //
nairapekṣyānna vāṃchaṃti bhaktāstatsevanotsukāḥ

ekatvaṃ cāpi kaivalyaṃ na vāṃchaṃti kadācana //
evaṃ cettarhi dāsatvaṃ kva svāmitvaṃ parasya ca

nirapekṣāśca ye śāṃtā nirvairāḥ samadarśinaḥ //
ākaivalyāllokapadagrahaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ viduḥ

nairapekṣyaṃ mahānaṃdaṃ nirapekṣā janāḥ hareḥ //
jānaṃti hi yathā nāsā puṣpāmodaṃ na cakṣuṣī

sakāmāśca tadānaṃdaṃ jānaṃti hi kathaṃcana //
rasakartā tathā hasto rasasvādaṃ na vetti hi

tasmādrājanbhaktiyogaṃ viddhi cātyaṃtikaṃ padam //
bhaktānāṃ nirapekṣāṇāṃ paddhatiṃ kathayāmi te

smaraṇaṃ kirtanaṃ viṣṇoḥ śravaṇaṃ pādasevanam //
arcanaṃ vaṃdanaṃ dāsyaṃ sakhyamātmanivedanam

kurvaṃti satataṃ rājan bhaktiṃ ye premalakṣaṇām //
te bhaktā durlabhā bhūmau bhagavad‌bhāvabhāvanāḥ

kurvanto mahatopekṣāṃ dayāṃ hīneṣu sarvataḥ //
samāneṣu tathā maitrīṃ sarvabhūtadayāparāḥ

kṛṣṇapādābjamadhupāḥ kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ //
kṛṣṇaṃ smaraṃti prāṇeśaṃ yathā proṣitabhartṛkāḥ

śrīkṛṣṇasmaraṇādyeṣāṃ romaharṣaḥ prajāyate //
ānaṃdāśrukalāścaiva vaivarṇyaṃ tu kvacid‌bhavet

śrīkṛṣṇa goviṃda hare bruvantaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā //
aharniśaṃ harau lagnāste hi bhāgavatottamāḥ

iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ vijñānakhaṃḍe śrīvyāsograsenasaṃvāde
nirguṇabhaktiyogavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ