Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 30 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.30

ঽভক্তিঽশব্দের অর্থ হয দশবিধাকার এক—ঽসাধনঽ, ঽপ্রেমভক্তিঽ—নব প্রকার

ऽभक्तिऽशब्देर अर्थ हय दशविधाकार एक—ऽसाधनऽ, ऽप्रेमभक्तिऽ—नव प्रकार

'bhakti'-śabdera artha haya daśa-vidhākāra eka—'sādhana', 'prema-bhakti'—nava prakāra

Synonyms

bhaktibhakti; śabderaof this word; arthameanings; hayaare; daśa-vidhā-ākāraten varieties; ekaone; sādhanathe execution of regulative devotional service; prema-bhaktiecstatic love; nava prakāranine 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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