Bhakthi is governed by three qualities, namely:
- Sattvic - to please God and to destroy one's attachment to
the senses.
- Rajasic - to get wealth, fame and property.
- Tamasic - to worship with a desire for the destruction of
the enemy and to get success through unlawful means.
In the Bhagvat Gita the Lord says:
"Four types of virtuous mean worship Me, Arjuna - the seeker of worldly
objects, the sufferer, the seeker of Knowledge and the man of wisdom".
"Of these, the best is the man of wisdom, ever established with me
and possessed of exclusive devotion. For I am extremely dear to the
wise man (who knows Me in reality) and he is extremely dear to Me".
A devotees starts from fine emotions, which develops into warm affection
and then into Glowing love and ultimately into supreme and unbounded
love. When a devotee advances in devotion to the Lord, he sheds tears
of delight. He may cry or laugh. He may sign or dance in Divine Ecstasy.
When devotion matures, it brings Jnana (Wisdom) to the devotee.
The Bhaktha is also a jnani. It is only at the time of intense
devotion and love that the mind becomes void and free from the past.
