CC Madhya 24.30 (1975)

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

Madhya-līlā 24.29 - Madhya-līlā 24.31

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 30

'bhakti'-śabdera artha haya daśa-vidhākāra

eka--'sādhana', 'prema-bhakti'--nava prakāra

SYNONYMS

bhakti—bhakti; śabdera-of this word; artha—meanings; haya—are; daśa-vidhā-ākāra—ten varieties; eka—one; sādhana—the execution of regulative devotional service; prema-bhakti—ecstatic love; nava prakāra—nine kinds.

TRANSLATION

"There are ten meanings to the word bhakti, devotional service. One is execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles, and the other, called prema-bhakti [ecstatic love] has nine varieties.

PURPORT

The nine varieties are rati, prema, sneha, māna, praṇaya, rāga, anurāga, bhāva and mahābhāva-attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attachment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the execution of devotional service according to regulative principles, there is only one meaning.

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