Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 34 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.34

কান্তাগণের রতি পায ঽমহাভাবঽসীমা ঽভক্তিঽশব্দের এই সব অর্থের মহিমা

कान्तागणेर रति पाय ऽमहाभावऽसीमा ऽभक्तिऽशब्देर एइ सब अर्थेर महिमा

kāntā-gaṇera rati pāya 'mahābhāva'-sīmā 'bhakti'-śabdera ei saba arthera mahimā

Synonyms

kāntā-gaṇeraof the devotees in conjugal love; ratithe attraction; pāyaattain; mahā-bhāva-sīmāthe limit of mahābhāva; bhaktidevotional service; śabderaof the word; ei sabaall these; artheraof the meanings; mahimāof 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.

Verse 34 of 355
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