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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.269

śāstroktayā prabalayā tat-tan-maryādayānvitā |
[shaastroktayaa prabalayaa tat-tan-maryaadayaanvitaa |]
vaidhī bhaktir iyaṁ kaiścan maryādā-mārga ucyate ||269||
[vaidhee bhaktir iyam kaishchan maryaadaa-maarga uchyate ||269||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śāstroktayā prabalayā tat-tan-maryādayānvitā |
vaidhī bhaktir iyaṁ kaiścan maryādā-mārga ucyate ||269||
Some persons call vaidhi-bhakti the path of rules (maryādā-mārga), since it is bound by strong limitation of the rules mentioned in the scriptures.

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says that the regulative principles of devotional service are sometimes described by authorities as the path of serving the Lord in opulence.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Bhakti-sāra-pradarśinī
Commentary

If the rules spoken in the scriptures are prominent in one’s devotional process, that immediately becomes the cause for performing bhakti. This vaidhi-bhakti, filled with rules (maryāda) is called maryādā-mārga by some people.

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