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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.46
এই পঞ্চ স্থায়ী ভাব হয় পঞ্চ ‘রস’ ।
যে-রসে ভক্ত ‘সুখী’, কৃষ্ণ হয় ‘বশ’ ॥ ৪৬ ॥
ei pañca sthāyī bhāva haya pañca ‘rasa’
ye-rase bhakta ‘sukhī’, kṛṣṇa haya ‘vaśa’
“These five transcendental mellows exist permanently. The devotee may be attracted to one of these mellows, and thus he becomes happy. Kṛṣṇa also becomes inclined toward such a devotee and comes under his control.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The five transcendental mellows exist permanently. The purport identifies permanent ecstasy as sthāyi-bhāva.
A devotee may be attracted to one of these mellows and thus become happy.
Kṛṣṇa also becomes inclined toward such a devotee and comes under the devotee’s control.
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”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about Kṛṣṇa becoming inclined toward such a devotee?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the devotee’s happiness and Kṛṣṇa’s loving response described here.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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