Śruti means Vedas, śāstras. Śruti-smṛti. And smṛti means books which follows the Vedic principle. Vedas . . . Suppose you write one book, or anything; if it is just according to the Vedic conclusion, then it is also . . . it is called smṛti. By remembering the Vedic conclusion . . . you cannot go beyond the Vedic conclusion. Then it is useless writing. Vedic conclusion must be there. The guide must be there. On that conclusion, if you write something, that is right, and if you deviate from that conclusion, then it is wrong. So we want to read authorized, right books—not by imagination. You can write so many nonsense things by imagination. That is useless. You must remember what is the Vedic conclusion.
So śruti-smṛti-pañcarātra-vidhim. Pañcarātra-vidhi, this arcanā, temple worship, under the direction of Nārada. So if one gives up all these regulative principles and wants to become a devotee, a writer, then Rūpa Gosvāmī says without the conclusive statement of the Vedas, smṛtis and pañcarātra-vidhi . . . śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā:
- śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi-
- pañcarātra-vidhiṁ vinā
- aikāntikī harer bhaktir
- utpātāyaiva kalpate
Without following, aikāntikī harer bhaktiḥ, the show of a devotee, the aikāntikī harer bhaktir utpātāyaiva kalpate, it is simply disturbance. Simply disturbance.