UNDERSTANDING UNALLOYED BHAKTI
Bhakti means spontaneous loving service. When a servant renders service to his master in consideration of monetary exchange, it is not loving service neither this hired service can come within the category of “Bhakti”. When a friend renders service to a fellow friend in consideration of obligation or in expectation of reward or as a matter of gratitude, it is no longer spontaneous loving service and therefore cannot be called “Bhakti”. When a father loves his son in expectation of future reward or self satisfaction or a son loves his father in consideration of gain or gratitude, it is no longer a spontaneous loving service and it is out of the operation of “Bhakti”.