96 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 24

TEXT 30

‘Sfe-ncaa wef aa waifaatsta |
GF Alaa’, ‘CATS ia?—atq APTA |) Go |)

‘phakti’-sabdera artha haya dasa-vidhakdra
eka ——‘sadhana’, ‘prema-bhakti’——nava prakdra

SYNONYMS

bhakti—bhakti; sabdera—of this word; artha—meanings; haya—are; dasa-
vidha-akdra—ten varieties; eka—one; sddhana—the execution of regulative
devotional service; prema-bhakti—ecstatic love; nava prakara—nine kinds.

TRANSLATION

“There are ten meanings to the word bhakti, devotional service. One is exe-
cution 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, mana, pranaya, raga, anurdga, bhava
and mahabhava—attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attach-
ment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the execution
of devotional service according to regulative principles, there is only one meaning.

TEXT 31

‘afe-asetl, “Caa’-aTel, Sorfy sista |
SAAN, AASA-AwIFAN SIA 1d

‘rati’-laksand, ‘prema’-laksana, ityadi pracdra
bhava-ripa, mahadbhava-laksana-rapd dra

SYNONYMS

rati—of attraction; laksana—the symptoms; prema—of love; laksana—the
symptoms; iti-adi—and so on; pracara—are known; bhava-rujpa—in the form of
ecstatic love; maha-bhava—of higher ecstatic love; laksana-rdpa—there are
many symptoms; dra—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 [mahabhaval.
