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TEXT 30
'bhakti'-sabdera artha haya dasa-vidhakara
eka--'sadhana', 'prema-bhakti'--nava prakara
SYNONYMS
bhaktibhakti; sabdera-of this word; arthameanings; hayaare; dasa-vidha-akaraten varieties; ekaone; sadhanathe execution of regulative devotional service; prema-bhaktiecstatic love; nava prakaranine kinds.
TRANSLATION
"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.
PURPORT
The nine varieties are rati, prema, sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava and mahabhava-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.
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