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
SSCSeH afS-cow AW AAsIA |
aaals, HVals, AGAS AA sve Wl
aenaals, ayAals,—a aw facew |
AfSceSee SRSHHIATH ee CSM ll v8 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
