Text 184] The Lord Instructs Srila Rapa Gosvami 361

TRANSLATION

“These tastes are like a combination of yogurt, sugar candy, ghee [clarified
butter], black pepper and camphor and are as palatable as sweet nectar.

TEXTS 183-184

SSCSte afe-coe Aw Masi |
atteats, atyate, ABals SNA I seo u
aenaals, ayAals,—a aw facew |
afecrere SRSlSacH Aw CSH It Svs I

bhakta-bhede rati-bheda pafica parakdra
santa-rati, dasya-rati, sakhya-rati dra

vatsalya-rati, madhura-rati, —ei pafica vibheda
rati-bhede krsna-bhakti-rase pafica bheda

SYNONYMS

bhakta-bhede—according to varieties of devotees; rati-bheda—the different
attachments; pafica parakéra—five categories; santi-rati—neutral appreciation;
dasya-rati—attachment in a service attitude; sakhya-rati—attachment by friendly
appreciation; dra—also; vatsalya-rati—attachment by paternal affection;
madhura-rati—attachment by conjugal love; ei—these; pafica—five; vibheda—
divisions; rati-bhede—by attachment on different platforms; krsna-bhakti-rase—
in mellows derived from devotional service to Krsna; pafica—five; bheda—
varieties.

TRANSLATION
“According to the devotee, attachment falls within the five categories of
Santa-rati, dasya-rati, sakhya-rati, vatsalya-rati and madhura-rati. These five
categories arise from the devotees’ different attachments to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. The transcendental mellows derived from devotional
service are also of five varieties.

PURPORT
Santa-rati is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.5.16, 17, 18) as follows:

manase nirvikalpatvarn
sama ity abhidhiyate
