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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.187
হাস্য, অদ্ভুত, বীর, করুণ, রৌদ্র, বীভৎস, ভয় ।
পঞ্চবিধ-ভক্তে গৌণ সপ্তরস হয় ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
hāsya, adbhuta, vīra, karuṇa, raudra, bībhatsa, bhaya
pañca-vidha-bhakte gauṇa sapta-rasa haya
“In addition to the five direct mellows, there are seven indirect mellows, known as laughter, wonder, chivalry, compassion, anger, disaster and fear.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The seven indirect mellows are in addition to the five direct mellows.
The purport names them as hāsya, adbhuta, vīra, karuṇa, raudra, bhaya and bībhatsa.
These indirect mellows are explained in the Bhaktirasāmṛta-sindhu. The purport introduces hāsya-bhakti-rasa as laughing devotion.
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.
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.
What does the phrase “laughing devotion” invite you to consider about devotional feeling?
Write down “hāsya-bhakti-rasa — laughing devotion” and read it once slowly.
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