Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 32 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.32

শান্তভক্তের রতি বাডে ঽপ্রেমঽপর্যন্ত দাস্যভক্তের রতি হয ঽরাগঽদশাঅন্ত

शान्तभक्तेर रति बाडे ऽप्रेमऽपर्यन्त दास्यभक्तेर रति हय ऽरागऽदशाअन्त

śānta-bhaktera rati bāḍe 'prema'-paryanta dāsya-bhaktera rati haya 'rāga'-daśā-anta

Synonyms

śānta-bhakteraof devotees on the platform of neutrality; ratiattraction; bāḍeincreases; prema-paryantaup to love of Godhead; dāsya-bhakteraof devotees on the platform of servitude; ratiattraction; hayaincreases; rāga-daśā-antaup to the point of spontaneous attachment..

Translation

"The attraction to Kṛṣṇa of devotees on the platform of neutrality increases up to love of Godhead [prema], and the attraction of devotees on the platform of servitorship increases to spontaneous attachment [rāga].

Verse 32 of 355
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