Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 33 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.33

সখাগণের রতি হয ঽঅনুরাগঽ পর্যন্ত পিতৃমাতৃস্নেহ আদি ঽঅনুরাগঽঅন্ত

सखागणेर रति हय ऽअनुरागऽ पर्यन्त पितृमातृस्नेह आदि ऽअनुरागऽअन्त

sakhā-gaṇera rati haya 'anurāga' paryanta pitṛ-mātṛ-sneha ādi 'anurāga'-anta

Synonyms

sakhā-gaṇeraof the friends; ratithe attraction; hayabecomes; anurāga paryantaup to subecstatic love; pitṛ-mātṛ-snehapaternal love; ādiand so on; anurāga-antaup to the end of subecstatic love..

Translation

"Devotees in Vṛndāvana who are friends of the Lord can increase their ecstatic love to the point of anurāga. Paternal affectionate lovers, Kṛṣṇa's father and mother, can increase their love of Godhead up to the anurāga point also.

Verse 33 of 355
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