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kinds of enjoyment are conspicuous by their absence is called  Ahaituki . The qualification  Ahaituki  is especially mentioned because by  Ahaituki  service of the Lord one can achieve the favor of the Lord.
The word  Bhakti  is taken in ten different ways. Out of the ten, one is called  Sadhan Bhakti , occupational devotional service. The other nine are called  Prema Bhakti , love of Godhead. Those who are situated in the neutral position attain the development of perfection up to love of Godhead. Similarly, those who are situated in the relationship of master and servant attain love of Godhead up to the stage of attachment. Those who are in the relationship of friends attain their love of Godhead up to the point of fraternity. Those who are in love of Godhead as parents are elevated up to the point of emotion. But only those who are in conjugal love with the Supreme have ecstasy elevated to the highest of ecstasies. These are the different meanings of the term  Bhakti .
The Lord then explained the different meanings of  itthambhutagunah . He also explained the word  Guna  in its different meanings.  Ittham bhuta  means full transcendental, before which even the transcendental pleasure known as  Brahmananda  becomes like straw. In the  Hari Bhakti Sudhodaya  it is said by the devotee: "My Lord, O Supreme, simply by understanding You or seeing You, the pleasure which we derive is so great that the pleasure in  Brahmananda  becomes insignificant." In other words, the pleasure derived by understanding Krishna as He is, the All-attractive Reservoir of all pleasures, and the Reservoir of all pleasure-giving tastes, with all transcendental qualifications, attracts one to become His devotee. By such attraction one can give up fruitive activities, endeavoring for liberation, or the intense desire to achieve success in Yoga mystic power. The attractive power of Krishna is so intense, that without any respect for any other means of self-realization, one surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead—simply by that attraction.
Guna  means the unlimited transcendental qualities of Krishna, primarily His  Sat-Chit-Ananda  Form. In His transcendental blissful knowledge and eternity He is fully perfect; and, therefore, such perfection becomes more manifest when He becomes controlled by the attention of the devotee. God is so kind and merciful that He can give Himself in exchange for the devotional service of a devotee. His transcendental qualities are such that His perfection in His beauty, His perfect reciprocation of love between Himself and His devotees, and His flavor of all transcendental qualities attract different kinds of transcendentalists and liberated souls, by different manifestations of these qualities.
For example, He attracted the mind of one of the Kumaras, Sanaka, simply by the flavor of the flowers offered to Him. And the mind of