Madhya 24.30

TEXT 30

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'ভক্তি'-শব্দের অর্থ হয় দশবিধাকার ।
এক - 'সাধন', 'প্রেমভক্তি' - নব প্রকার ॥ ৩০ ॥

'bhakti'-sabdera artha haya dasa-vidhakara

eka-'sadhana', 'prema-bhakti'-nava prakara

SYNONYMS

bhakti-bhakti; sabdera-of this word; artha-meanings; haya-are; dasa-vidha-akara-ten varieties; eka-one; sadhana-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 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.