Navadha-bhakti

> I have heard that the nine limbs of bhakti (sravana kirtanadi) would
> be devided in vaidhi and raganuga, the first seven being vaidhi, and
> the remaining two, sakhyam and atmanivedanam, being raganuga.
>
> Does anyone know the source of this concept?

In the purport to SB 4.28.30, Srila Prabhupada writes:

"Of the nine types of devotional service, only seven were immediately
given. The balance—friendship and surrendering everything—were to be
developed later. In other words, devotional service is divided into two
categories—namely vidhi-märga and räga-märga. The process of becoming
friends with the Lord and sacrificing everything for Him belongs to the
category of räga-märga, the stage of developed devotional service. For
the neophyte, the important processes are those of hearing and chanting
(çravaëaà kértanam), remembering Kåñëa, worshiping the Deity in the
temple, offering prayers and always engaging in the service of the Lord,
and worshiping the lotus feet of the Lord."

It was explained that the seven sons of the allegorical King
Malayadhvaja were the seven processes of bhakti. I believe it should be
taken from some acarya's commentary. Maybe Ekanath Prabhu will tell who
wrote that?

Srila Jiva Swami writes something similar in his commentary on this
verse:

ätmanäà çravaëädirucià sapteti sakhyätmanivedanayoù
paräkäñöäpräptyanantaramevädhikärät.

atmanam sravanadirucim sapteti sakhyatmanivedanayoh
parakastapraptyanantaramevadhikarat

Which, as far as I understand, means that the first seven give the
eligibility for the last two.

Your servant
Adi-purusha das