Chapter I: Lesson I

#	Sanskrit Original	Translation by Tridandi Sri Bhakti Prajnan Yati
1.	अथातो भक्तिजिज्ञासा॥	Thereafter henceforth to make inquiry into Devotion.
2.	सा पराऽनुरक्तिरीश्वरे॥	Bhakti is the unshakeable attachment to the Supreme God.
3.	तत्संस्थस्यामृतत्वोपदेशात्॥	Unalloyed devotion to Godhead makes oneself immortal, beatific and eternally blissful.
4.	ज्ञानमिति चेन्न, द्विषतोऽपि ज्ञानस्य तदसंस्थितेः॥	Some may opine that for culturing devotion to God, philosophical knowledge (jnana) is indispensable or there is necessary pre-conditional subsequence of philosophical knowledge of God. (Shandilya says) We say absolutely not, because we know an antagonist may also have knowledge of God but there rests not an iota of devotion in his mind towards God. And he never gets the state of highest blessedness.
5.	तयोपक्षयाच्च॥	Because at the very dawn of Bhakti, Jnana or abstruse knowledge of Brahman, nay, the Jnana-yoga itself (path of induction) has totally lost its charm and significance.
6.	द्वेषप्रतिपक्षभावाद्रसशब्दाच्च रागः॥	Hatred is antagonistic to Bhakti because Bhakti is Raga (Nectarine Bliss with succulent taste) in relation to eternal unalloyed Loving Raga service to the Supreme Godhead Who is Sat-Chit-Ananda: Raso vai sah.
7.	न क्रिया कृत्यनपेक्षणाज्ज्ञानवत्॥	Jnana is to be acquired by one's own endeavour whereas Bhakti is causeless and gets manifested on its own accord (ahaituki).
8.	अत एव फलानन्त्यम्॥	Therefore the reward of Devotion is transcendental and infinite.
9.	तद्वतः प्रपत्तिशब्दाच्च न ज्ञानमितरप्रपत्तिवत्॥	A jnani, when becomes fortunate indeed takes recourse to Bhakti. Even jnana cannot be acquired independently without self-surrender to God.