TEXT 218
santera svabhava--krsne mamata-gandha-hina
'param-brahma'-'paramatma'-jnana pravina
SYNONYMS
santera sva-bhavathe characteristic of santa-rasa; krsnein Krsna; mamata-gandha-hinanot even the smallest quantity of intimacy; param-brahmaimpersonal Brahman; paramatmathe localized situation of the Lord; jnanaknowledge; pravinaprominence.
TRANSLATION
"It is the nature of santa-rasa that not even the smallest intimacy exists. Rather, knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma is prominent.
PURPORT
Because of an impersonal impression of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a devotee in the santa-rasa relationship worships the impersonal Brahman or localized aspect of the Absolute Truth (Paramatma). He does not develop a personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna.

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