Madhya-līlā

Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal—Love of Godhead

Verse 93 of 111
Cc Madhya 23.93

এইমত দাস্যে দাস, সখ্যে সখাগণ বাত্সল্যে মাতা পিতা আশ্রযালম্বন

एइमत दास्ये दास, सख्ये सखागण वात्सल्ये माता पिता आश्रयालम्बन

ei-mata dāsye dāsa, sakhye sakhā-gaṇa vātsalye mātā pitā āśrayālambana

Synonyms

ei-matain this way; dāsyein the transcendental mellow of servitude; dāsaservants; sakhyein the transcendental mellow of friendship; sakhā-gaṇathe friends; vātsalyein the transcendental mellow of paternal affection; mātā pitāmother and father; āśraya-ālambanathe support or shelter of love as the abode or dwelling place of love..

Translation

"Just as Lord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī are the object and shelter of the mellow of conjugal love, so, in the mellow of servitorship, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, is the object, and servants like Citraka, Raktaka and Patraka are the shelter. Similarly, in the transcendental mellow of friendship, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the object, and friends like Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and Subala are the shelter. In the transcendental mellow of paternal affection, Kṛṣṇa is the object, and mother Yaśodā and Mahārāja Nanda are the shelter.

Verse 93 of 111
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