Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4
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SYNONYMS
dāsya —servitude;  sakhya —friendship;  vātsalya —parental affection;  āra —and;  ye —that;  śṛṅgāra —conjugal love;  cāri —four types;  prema —love of God;  catuḥ-vidha —four kinds;  bhakta-i —devotees;  ādhāra —the containers.
TRANSLATION
Four kinds of devotees are the receptacles of the four kinds of mellows in love of God, namely servitude, friendship, parental affection and conjugal love.
TEXT 43
निज निज ताव सवे श्रेष्ठ करि माने ।
निजतावे करे कृष्णम् आशादने ॥ 8 ७ ॥
nija nija bhāva sabe śreṣṭha kari' māne nija-bhāve kare kṛṣṇa-sukha āsvādane
SYNONYMS
nija nija —each his own;  bhāva —mood;  sabe —all;  śreṣṭha kari' —making the best;  māne —accepts;  nija-bhāve —in his own mood;  kare —does;  kṛṣṇa-sukha —happiness with Lord Kṛṣṇa;  āsvādane —tasting.
TRANSLATION
Each kind of devotee feels that his sentiment is the most excellent, and thus in that mood he tastes great happiness with Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 44
तत्तेश्च हृद्या मने वितार यदि करि ।
सव रस हेतु शुक्लारे अधिक माधुरी ॥ 88 ॥
taṭastha ha-iyā mane vicāra yadi kari saba rasa haite śṛṅgāre adhika mādhurī
SYNONYMS
taṭa-stha ha-iyā —becoming impartial;  mane —in the mind;  vicāra —consideration;  yadi —if;  kari —doing;  saba rasa —all the mellows;  haite —than;  śṛṅgāre —in conjugal love;  adhika —greater;  mādhurī —sweetness.
TRANSLATION
But if we compare the sentiments in an impartial mood, we find that the conjugal sentiment is superior to all in sweetness.