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surrender to Lord Shri Krishna. These nine charecteristics are adopted step by step.
Sova means ingrossment of mind in Shri Krishna. The seva is devided in to three parts. Tanuja or the service done by one's body, Vittaja or the service performed by one's wealth and Manasi or the service attended by one's mind. Of these three, the service adopted by one's mind is considered the best.
The first step of Bhakti begines with sbravanam or the hearing of merits of God The second step is keertanam or the singing the glory of God and so on.
The epithets of God should be uttered with knowledge of God and with pure feelings. Just as a heap of rubbish is carried away by flood similarly the sins are destroyed by hearing and singing the glory of God, lord Shri Krishna,
The works of Vallabhacharya. i
It seems that good many works compiled by Shri Vallabhacharya are not available. They are either destroyed or are lying hidden elsewhere as yet. Among the books now available Anubhashya stands first. One who is interested in Hindoo shastras and Hindoo philosophy and is a reliable critic, finds this Anubhashya to be the soundest commentary on the Brah