34 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 23
TRANSLATION
“The position of neutrality increases up to the point where one can appre-
ciate love of Godhead. The mellow of servitorship gradually increases to the
point of spontaneous love of Godhead.
TEXT 55
AYZ-BlQHAT-AlS AH “OPA -AA |
VIMicor ‘Sie AGS ceicaa AeA ice i
sakhya-vatsalya-rati pdya ‘anuraga’-simd
subaladyera ‘bhava’ paryanta premera mahima
SYNONYMS
sakhya—in friendship; vatsalya—in paternal affection; rati—affection; paya—
obtains; anuréga-simd—up to the limit of subordinate spontaneous love; subala-
adyera—of friends like Subala and others; bhava—ecstatic love; paryanta—up to;
premera mahima—the glory of the love of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“After the mellow of servitorship, there are the mellows of friendship and
paternal love, which increase to subordinate spontaneous love. The greatness
of the love found in friends like Subala extends to the standard of ecstatic love
of Godhead.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the mellow of neutrality in-
creases to simple love of Godhead. In the mellow of servitorship, love of Godhead
increases beyond that to affection, counter-love (anger based on love), love and
attachment. Similarly, the mellow of friendship increases to affection, counter-
love, love, attachment and subattachment. It is the same with the mellow of
paternal affection. The special feature of the mellow of friendship exhibited by
personalities like Subala is that it increases from fraternal affection to counter-
love, to spontaneous attachment, to subordinate attachment, and finally to the
ecstasy where all the ecstatic symptoms continuously exist.
TEXT 56
mieatle sens ‘cats’, ‘Facata—ge cew |
AY-qleancaas caraifea acas facee ew ui
