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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.45
অধিকারি-ভেদে রতি — পঞ্চ পরকার ।
শান্ত, দাস্য, সখ্য, বাৎসল্য, মধুর আর ॥ ৪৫ ॥
adhikāri-bhede rati — pañca parakāra
śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya, madhura āra
“According to the candidate possessing these transcendental qualities [sneha, māna and so on], there are five transcendental mellows — neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parental love and conjugal love.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
There are five transcendental mellows, according to the person possessing transcendental qualities such as sneha and māna.
Neutrality, servitorship and friendship are three of these mellows.
Parental love and conjugal love complete the five.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
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”, “parental”, “conjugal”
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”
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 this list broaden your understanding of transcendental relationships?
Write down the five transcendental mellows and read their names slowly.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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