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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī
Madhya 19.182Madhya 19.185

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 19.183-184

ভক্তভেদে রতি-ভেদ পঞ্চ পরকার ।

শান্তরতি, দাস্যরতি, সখ্যরতি আর ॥ ১৮৩ ॥

bhakta-bhede rati-bheda pañca parakāra

śānta-rati, dāsya-rati, sakhya-rati āra

Translation

“According to the devotee, attachment falls within the five categories of śānta-rati, dāsya-rati, sakhya-rati, vātsalya-rati and madhura-rati. These five categories arise from devotees’ different attachments to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The transcendental mellows derived from devotional service are also of five varieties.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Five Categories of Devotional Attachment

  1. 1

    According to the devotee, attachment falls into five categories: śānta-rati, dāsya-rati, sakhya-rati, vātsalya-rati and madhura-rati.

  2. 2

    These categories arise from devotees’ different attachments to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    The transcendental mellows derived from devotional service are also of five varieties.

Key points from the purport
  • Śānta-rati is described in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.5.16-18) as follows:

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 19: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bhakta-bhedeaccording to varieties of devotees
  2. rati-bhedathe different attachments
  3. pañca parakārafive categories
  4. śānta-ratineutral appreciation
  5. dāsya-ratiattachment in a service attitude
  6. sakhya-ratiattachment by friendly appreciation
  7. āraalso
  8. vātsalya-ratiattachment by parental affection
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help me notice about the variety of devotees’ attachments to the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Practice

Write the five categories of attachment, then read their names aloud slowly.

Live this todayFive Categories of Devotional AttachmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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