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Exclusive and unmotivated devotional service, known as aikāntikīahaitukī-bhakti, is described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.14):

तस्माद् एकेन मनसा भगवान् सात्वतां पतिः
श्रोतव्यः कीर्तितव्यश् च ध्येयः पूज्यश् च नित्यदा

tasmād ekena manasā bhagavān sātvatāṃ patiḥ
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā

With an attentive mind, one should constantly hear about, glorify, meditate upon and worship Bhagavān, who is loving towards His devotees (bhakta-vatsala ). All the while, one should endeavour to remove his anarthas. Then his creeper of devotion will very quickly bestow its fruit in the form of prema.

अनन्य-भावेते कर श्रवण-कीर्तन
नाम-रूप-गुण-ध्यान-कृष्ण-आराधन

ananya-bhāvete kara śravaṇa-kīrtana
nāma-rūpa-guṇa-dhyāna-kṛṣṇa-ārādhana

सङ्गे सङ्गे अनर्थ-नाशेर यत्न कर
भक्ति-लता फल-दान करिबे सत्वर

saṅge saṅge anartha-nāśera yatna kara
bhakti-latā phala-dāna karibe satvara

Commentary: Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti:

All religious duties are observed for the pleasure of Śrī Hari. Therefore, the living entity’s only duty is to singlemindedly engage in kṛṣṇa-bhajana while giving up the desire for karma and jñāna. For the pleasure of Śrī Hari, he should reside in the dhāma with a resolute mind and hear narrations about Śrī Hari from śrī guru and Vaiṣṇavas. The method of cultivating pure bhajana is that after hearing hari-kathā, one should perform kīrtana and smaraṇa of those narrations. By this method anarthas are nullified and pure bhajana arises. This is the essence of all instruction for sādhakas.