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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 24]
TEXT 30
“ভক্তি”-শাস্ত্রের অর্থ হয় দৃশ্যবিধাকার ।।
१९ जनवरी   अन्य देशहरूको   अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय गैस सेवा   –  गैस सेवा  को उपयोग
‘bhakti’-śabdera artha haya daśa-vidhākāra eka—‘sādhana’, ‘prema-bhakti’—nava prakāra
SYNONYMS
bhakti — bhakti ;  śabdera —of this word;  artha —meanings;  haya —are;  daśavidhā-ākāra —ten varieties;  eka —one;  sādhana —the execution of regulative devotional service;  prema-bhakti —ecstatic love;  nava prakāra —nine kinds.
TRANSLATION
“There are ten meanings to the word bhakti, devotional service. One is execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles, and the other, called prema-bhakti [ecstatic love] has nine varieties.
PURPORT
The nine varieties are  rati ,  prema ,  sneha ,  māna ,  praṇaya ,  rāga ,  anurāga ,  bhāva  and  mahābhāva —attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attachment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the execution of devotional service according to regulative principles, there is only one meaning.
TEXT 31
‘রব্বি’-লক্ষণা, ‘প্রেম’-লক্ষণা, ‘ইত্যাদি প্রচার ।।
ভাবন্ধপা, মহাভাব-লক্ষণক্রপা আর  ॥ ৩১ ॥।
‘rati’-lakṣaṇā, ‘prema’-lakṣaṇā, ityādi pracāra bhāva-rūpā, mahābhāva-lakṣaṇa-rūpā āra
SYNONYMS
rati —of attraction;  lakṣaṇā —the symptoms;  prema —of love;  lakṣaṇā —the symptoms;  iti-ādi —and so on;  pracāra —are known;  bhāva-rūpā —in the form of ecstatic love;  mahā-bhāva —of higher ecstatic love;  lakṣaṇa-rūpā —there are many symptoms;  āra —other.
TRANSLATION
“Next are explained the symptoms of love of Godhead, which can be divided into nine varieties, beginning with attraction up to ecstatic love and finally up to the topmost ecstatic love [mahābhāva].