Chapter VII

#	Sanskrit Original	Translation by Y. Subrahmanya Sarma	Translation by Swami Bhuteshananda	Translation by Swami Sivananda
34.	तस्याः साधनानि गायन्त्याचार्याः॥	Teachers have recommended various means to this Bhakti.	The great teachers describe in hymns and songs the following as the means of attaining devotion.	The means of attaining Bhakti are given thus by Acharyas (teachers of Bhakti).
35.	तत्तु विषयत्यागात्सङ्गत्यागाच्च॥	It results from the renunciation of the objects of the senses and renunciation of attachment.	The attainment of devotion is through the renunciation of objects of enjoyment and attraction towards them.	Devotion to God is attained by relinquishing all sensual pleasures and all attachments to sensual objects.
36.	अव्यावृत्तभजनात्॥	From unremitting adoration.	By continuous practice of worship.	And from constant adoration to God.
37.	लोकेऽपि भगवद्गुणश्रवणकीर्तनात्॥	From listening to narration of various blessed qualities of the Lord and proclaiming them aloud even while attending to affairs of ordinary life.	By listening to the sports of God and singing about the same even during the ordinary activities of life.	(Bhakti develops) even in the world from hearing and singing the virtues and attributes of God.
38.	मुख्यतस्तु महत्कृपयैव भगवत्कृपालेशाद्वा॥	In the main, however, it results through the grace of the great ones, through even a little of the grace of the Lord.	Mainly, however, through the grace of the great souls or through a little grace of God.	But chiefly by the grace of the great ones and also by the touch (a drop) of Lord's mercy.