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Life  is a life stage of life.
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PURPORT
In  Bhakti-rasāmrta-sindhu ,  sthāyi-bhāva , permanent ecstasy, is thus described:
aviruddhān viruddhārṅś ca bhāvān yo vaśatāṁ nayan su-rājeva virājeta sa sthāyī bhāva ucyate sthāyī bhāvo ‘tra sa proktaḥ śrī-krṣna-viṣayā ratih
These moods ( bhāvas ) bring under control the favorable ecstasies (such as laughing) and unfavorable ecstasies (such as anger). When these continue to remain as kings, they are called  sthāyi-bhāva , or permanent ecstasies. Continuous ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa is called permanent ecstasy.
TEXT 47
প্রেমাদিক স্থায়িভাব সামগ্রী-মিলনে । কৃষ্ণভক্তি রসরূপে পায় পরিণামে ॥ ৪৭ ॥
premādika sthāyi-bhāva sāmagrī-milane krṣṇa-bhakti rasa-rūpe pāya pariṇāme
SYNONYMS
prema-ādika  —love of Godhead, beginning with  śānta ,  dāsya  and so on;  sthāyi-bhāva  —the permanent ecstasies;  sāmagrī-milane  —by mixing with other ingredients;  kṛṣṇa-bhakti  —devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa;  rasa-rūpe  —composed of transcendental mellows;  pāya  —becomes;  pariṇāme  —by transformation.
TRANSLATION
“When the permanent ecstasies [neutrality, servitorship and so on] are mixed with other ingredients, devotional service in love of Godhead is transformed and becomes composed of transcendental mellows.
PURPORT
In  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu , the following definition is given:
athāsyāḥ keśava-rater lakṣitāyā nigadyate sāmagrī-paripoṣeṇa paramā rasa-rūpatā