TEXT 30

TEXT 30

'bhakti'-śabdera artha haya daśa-vidhākāra
eka--'sādhana', 'prema-bhakti'--nava prakāra

Перевод

"There are ten meanings to the word bhakti, devotional service. One is execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles, and the other, called prema-bhakti [ecstatic love] has nine varieties.

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The nine varieties are rati, prema, sneha, māna, praṇaya, rāga, anurāga, bhāva and mahābhāva-attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attachment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the execution of devotional service according to regulative principles, there is only one meaning.