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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.180
এই সব কৃষ্ণভক্তি-রসের স্থায়িভাব ।
স্থায়িভাবে মিলে যদি বিভাব, অনুভাব ॥ ১৮০ ॥
ei saba kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasera sthāyibhāva
sthāyibhāve mile yadi vibhāva, anubhāva
“All these stages combined are called sthāyibhāva, or continuous love of Godhead in devotional service. In addition to these stages, there are vibhāva and anubhāva.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Attachment for Kṛṣṇa never wanes; it increases through different stages. Together these stages are called sthāyibhāva, or continuous love of Godhead.
When continuous love of Godhead mixes with the processes of devotional service, it is called vibhāva, anubhāva, sāttvika and vyabhicārī. The devotee enjoys a variety of transcendental bliss.
Anubhāva has thirteen categories of expression, including dancing and singing. The Gosvāmīs have analytically studied these expressions, and Rūpa Gosvāmī gives each symptom a particular name.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vallabha Bhaṭṭa. After this, a brāhmaṇa scholar named Raghupati Upādhyāya arrived and discussed Kṛṣṇa consciousness with the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does understanding devotional love as continuous and increasing shape my view of service?
Spend a few quiet minutes remembering Kṛṣṇa, taking up remembrance as one of the forms of devotional service.
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