CC Madhya 24.31 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 31
- ’rati’-lakṣaṇā, ‘prema’-lakṣaṇā, ityādi pracāra
- bhāva-rūpā, mahābhāva-lakṣaṇa-rūpā āra
SYNONYMS
rati—of attraction; lakṣaṇā—the symptoms; prema—of love; lakṣaṇā—the symptoms; iti-ādi—and so on; pracāra—are known; bhāva-rūpā—in the form of ecstatic love; mahā-bhāva—of higher ecstatic love; lakṣaṇa-rūpā—there are many symptoms; āra—other.
TRANSLATION
“Next are explained the symptoms of love of Godhead, which can be divided into nine varieties, beginning with attraction and extending up to ecstatic love and finally up to the topmost ecstatic love [mahābhāva].