CC Madhya 24.34 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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—devotional service; śabdera—of the word; 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, devotional service.