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The Process of Devotional Service
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SYNONYMS
vaidhī-bhakti —of devotional service according to the regulative principles;  sādhanera —of the execution;  kahiluṅ —I have made;  vivaraṇa —description;  rāgānugā-bhaktira —of spontaneous devotional service;  lakṣaṇa —the symptoms;  śuna —please hear;  sanātana —O Sanātana.
TRANSLATION
“My dear Sanātana, I have now in detail described devotional service according to the regulative principles. Now hear from Me about spontaneous devotional service and its characteristics.
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রাগান্বিকা-ভক্তি—‘মুখ্য’ ব্রজবাসি-জনে ।।
তার অমুগত ভক্তির ‘রাগামুগা’-নামে ১১৪৯ ।।
rāgātmikā-bhakti — ‘mukhyā’ vraja-vāsi-jane tāra anugata bhaktira ‘rāgānugā’-nāme
SYNONYMS
rāgātmikā-bhakti —spontaneous devotional service;  mukhyā —preeminent;  vraja-vāsi-jane —in the inhabitants of Vraja, or Vṛndāvana;  tāra —that;  anugata —following;  bhaktira —of devotional service;  rāgānugā-nāme —named  rāgānugā  or following after spontaneous devotional service.
TRANSLATION
“The original inhabitants of Vṛndāvana are attached to Kṛṣṇa spontaneously in devotional service. Nothing can compare to such spontaneous devotional service, which is called rāgātmikā bhakti. When a devotee follows in the footsteps of the devotees of Vṛndāvana, his devotional service is called rāgānugā bhakti.
PURPORT
In his  Bhakti-sandarbha , Iiva Gosvāmī states::
tad evaṁ tat-tad-abhimāna-lakṣaṇa-bhāva-viśeṣveṇa svābhāvika-rāgasya vaiśiṣṭye sati tat-tad-rāga-prayuktā śravaṇa-kirtana-smaraṇa-pāda-sevana-van-danātma-nivedana-prāyā bhaktis teṣāṁ rāgātmikā bhaktir ity ucyate....tatas tadīyaṁ rāgaṁ rucyānugacchantī sā rāgānugā.
When a pure devotee follows the footsteps of a devotee in Vṛndāvana, he develops  rāgānugā bhakti .