246 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila, Ch. 24
SYNONYMS

jata-ajata-rati-bhede—by distinction of mature love and immature love;
sadhaka dui bheda—those practicing are of two varieties; vidhi—regulative
devotion; raga—spontaneous devotion; marge—on both the paths; cari cari—
there are four different varieties; asta bheda—a total of eight kinds.

TRANSLATION

“Those who are practicing devotional service are either mature or im-
mature. Therefore the sddhakas are of two types. Since the devotees execute
either regulative devotional service or spontaneous devotional service and
there are four groups within these two divisions, altogether there are eight
varieties.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that the original Personality of
Godhead, Krsna, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His expansions are
also called the Personality of Godhead. However, Krsna is the original Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Speculative philosophers and mystic yogis also meditate
upon the form of Krsna, but this form is not the form of the original Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. Such a Bhagavan is but a partial representation of the Lord’s
full potency. Nonetheless, He has to be understood to be the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. To clarify this matter, one should simply understand that Krsna, the
son of Nanda Maharaja in Vrndavana, the friend of the cowherd boys and lover of
the gopis, is actually the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is attained
by spontaneous love. Although His expansions are also called the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, They are attained only by the execution of regulative devo-
tional service.

TEXT 289
fateces fasiiie atfsae —ata’ |
‘Aap ‘OR’, “Fratste',—tfafay Aspe n vai
vidhi-bhaktye nitya-siddha parisada—— ‘dasa’
‘sakha’ ‘guru’, ‘kanta-gana’, —cari-vidha prakasa
SYNONYMS

vidhi-bhaktye—by regulative devotional service; nitya-siddha parisada—eter-
nally perfect associate; dasa—the servant; sakha guru kanta-gana—friends,
superiors and beloved damsels; cari-vidha prakéasa—they are manifested in four
varieties.
