366 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19

prayah svasukha-jatiyam
sukham sydd atra yoginam
kintv atma-saukhyam aghanam
ghanam tv isam ayarh sukham
tatrapisa-svarupanubhavasyaivoru-hetuta
dasadi-van-mano-jfatva-lilader na tatha mata

When sdnta-rati (neutral attraction) is continuously existent and mixed with
ecstatic emotion, and when the devotee relishes that neutral position, it is called
§4nta-bhakti-rasa. Santa-bhakti-rasa devotees generally relish the impersonal
feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since their taste of transcenden-
tal bliss is incomplete, it is called aghana, or not concentrated. A comparison is
made between ordinary milk and concentrated milk. When the same devotee
goes beyond the impersonal and tastes the service of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in His original form as sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, the taste is called con-
centrated (ghana) transcendental bliss. Sometimes the devotees in the sadnta-rasa
relish transcendental bliss after meeting the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but
this is not comparable to the transcendental bliss relished by the devotees situ-
ated in dasya-rasa, the transcendental mellow in which one renders service to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Dasya-rasa, or dasya-bhakti-rasa, is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
(3.2.4,5) as follows:

atmocitair vibhavadyaih
pritir dsvadaniyatam

nita cetasi bhaktanam
priti-bhakti-raso matah

anugrahyasya dasatval
lalyatvad apy ayam dvidha

bhidyate sambhrama-prito
gaurava-prita ity api

When according to the desires of the spirit soul the living entity develops love for
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this beginning of love is called dasya-bhak-
ti-rasa. Dasya-bhakti-rasa is divided into two categories called sambhrama-dasya
and gaurava-dasya. In the sambhrama-dasya, the devotee renders respectful ser-
vice to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but in the more advanced gaurava-
dasya, his service takes the form of giving protection to the Lord.
Sakhya-bhakti-rasa is described as follows in Bhakti-rasamrta sindhu (3.3.1):

sthayibhavo vibhavadyaih
sakhyam atmocitair iha
