Text 26]
Lord Caitanya Meets Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
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SYNONYMS
tāte —therefore;  prema-bhakti —devotional service in ecstatic love;  puruṣa-artha —of all goals of human life;  śiromaṇi —the crown jewel;  rāga-mārge —on the path of spontaneous love;  prema-bhakti —love of Kṛṣṇa;  sarva-adhika —the highest of all;  jāni —I can understand.
TRANSLATION
“Through the mercy of Rāmānanda Rāya, I have understood that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life and that spontaneous love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection.”
PURPORT
Puruṣārtha  (“the goal of life”) generally refers to religion, economic development, satisfaction of the senses and, finally, liberation. However, above these four kinds of  puruṣārthas , love of Godhead stands supreme. It is called  parama-puruṣārtha  (the supreme goal of life) or  puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi  (the most exalted of all  puruṣārthas ). Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by regulative devotional service, but the highest perfection of devotional service is spontaneous love of Godhead.
TEXT 25
দাস্ত্র, সখ্য, বাৎসল্য, আর যে শৃঙ্গার ।
দাস, সখা, গুরু, কান্তা,—‘আশ্রয়’ যাহার ॥ ২৫ ॥
dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya, āra ye śṛṅgāra
dāsa, sakhā, guru, kāntā, —‘āśraya’ yāhāra
SYNONYMS
dāsya —servitude;  sakhya —friendship;  vātsalya —paternal love;  āra —and;  ye —that;  śṛṅgāra —conjugal love;  dāsa —the servant;  sakhā —friend;  guru —superior;  kāntā —lover;  āśraya —the shelter;  yāhāra —of which.
TRANSLATION
“The servant, friend, superior and conjugal lover are the shelters of the transcendental mellows called dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and śṛṅgāra.”
TEXT 26
‘ঐশ্বর্যজ্ঞানযুক্ত’, ‘কেবল’-ভাব আর ।
ঐশ্বর্য-জ্ঞানে না পাই ব্রজেন্দ্রকুমার ॥ ২৬ ॥