CC Madhya 24.34 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.33 - Madhya-līlā 24.35

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 34

kāntā-gaṇera rati pāya ‘mahābhāva’-sīmā

’bhakti’-śabdera ei saba arthera mahimā

SYNONYMS

kāntā-gaṇera—of the devotees in conjugal love; rati—the attraction; pāya—attain; mahā-bhāva-sīmā—the limit of mahābhāva; bhakti-śabdera—of the word bhakti; ei saba—all these; arthera—of the meanings; mahimā—of the glories.

TRANSLATION

“The gopīs of Vṛndāvana who are attached to Kṛṣṇa in conjugal love can increase their ecstatic love up to the point of mahābhāva, the greatest ecstatic love. These are some of the glorious meanings of the word ‘bhakti.’

Madhya-līlā 24.33 - Madhya-līlā 24.35