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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.185
শান্ত, দাস্য, সখ্য, বাৎসল্য, মধুর-রস নাম ।
কৃষ্ণভক্তি-রস-মধ্যে এ পঞ্চ প্রধান ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya, madhura-rasa nāma
kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-madhye e pañca pradhāna
“The chief transcendental mellows experienced with the Supreme Personality of Godhead are five — śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and madhura.
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There are five chief transcendental mellows.
They are experienced with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Their names are śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and madhura.
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Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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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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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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I recall the five chief transcendental mellows and with whom they are experienced?
Read the five names, then try writing them from memory and check them against the translation.
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