Amongst prominent devotional traditions that are based in Braj and epistemologically rooted in the Bhagavata, Pustimarga offers a distinctive blend of Vedantic hermeneutics and the culture of Braja. Vallabhacarya declares the love of the gopikas, described in the text of Bhagavata, as an archetype of complete devotion and hermeneutically connects their perception of the Lord of Braja with the Brahman of the Upanisads.