The Lord said: Bhakti appears in many forms by particular actions in a person according to his intentions. The intentions of men are classed by the actions of the guṇas arising from one’s nature. Kapila has already spoken of pure bhakti beyond the guṇas: devānāṁ guṇa-liṅgānām ānuśravika-karmaṇām sattva evaika-manaso vṛttiḥ svābhāvikī tu yā animittā bhāgavatī bhaktiḥ siddher garīyasī Bhakti to the Supreme Lord without material desires, composed of actions of the senses to reveal senses objects related to the Lord and which conform to guru’s instructions, with mind dedicated exclusively to the Lord, and which include actions on the spontaneous level, is superior to liberation. SB 3.25.32 Now Kapila begins to speak about bhakti which is contaminated by the guṇas. Bhakti-yoga, of one nature, is known to have many forms with particular methods, according to the intention of the particular person (bhāvini). That intention becomes classified by differing actions of the guṇas arising from one’s nature. Though bhakti in its essential nature is beyond the guṇas, it becomes called tamasic bhakti etc. when it is contaminated by one’s natural guṇas such as tamas.