CC Madhya 24.288

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

CC Madhya 24.287

CC Madhya 24.289

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 288

jāta-ajāta-rati-bhede sādhaka dui bheda
vidhi-rāga-mārge cāri cāri—aṣṭa bheda

SYNONYMS

jāta-ajāta-rati-bhede—by distinction of mature love and immature love; sādhaka dui bheda—those practicing devotional service are of two varieties; vidhi—regulative devotion; rāga—spontaneous devotion; mārge—on both the paths; cāri cāri—there are four different varieties; aṣṭa bheda—a total of eight kinds.

TRANSLATION

“Those who are practicing devotional service are either mature or immature. Therefore the sādhakas are of two types. Since the devotees execute either regulative devotional service or spontaneous devotional service and there are four groups within these two divisions, altogether there are eight varieties.