O Uddhava! Because I have personally established it, the process of niṣkāma-bhakti is beyond the guṇas. Thus even by starting and not completing the process, there is no destruction of results. In three verses (9-11) the Lord described bhakti and in eight verses he described jṣāna (12-19). In three verses the Lord again describes the highest essence of bhakti. In following other processes, if one starts and performs the actions until the completion of the process without interruption, with all its principle and secondary parts, one will attain the result. If one does not complete the process, or interrupts it, or does not follow all the parts, then there is no result. This is not the rule for bhakti however. Even if one just starts and does not complete the process, or if one does not perform all the parts (aṅgas), it is not useless. O Uddhava! If one starts bhakti-yoga (mad-dharmasya) or if one performs one aṅga and does not complete it, there is no destruction at all (anu) of results because of the irregularity, since bhakti is beyond the guṇas. It is impossible that things beyond the guṇas are destroyed. This bhakti of my niṣkāma devotee (anāśiṣaḥ) is established completely by me. Even a small portion of this bhakti is complete. The cause should not be asked. Bhakti is the same as my being the Supreme Lord. Mad-dharma in the verse cannot mean jṣāna, since jṣāna is not beyond the guṇas. The Lord has said kaivalyaṁ sāttvikaṁ jṣānam: kaivalya-jṣāna is in sattva-guṇa. (SB 11. 25.24)