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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.6
এই দুই, — ভাবের ‘স্বরূপ’, ‘তটস্থ’ লক্ষণ ।
প্রেমের লক্ষণ এবে শুন, সনাতন ॥ ৬ ॥
e dui, — bhāvera ‘svarūpa’, ‘taṭastha’ lakṣaṇa
premera lakṣaṇa ebe śuna, sanātana
“Bhāva [emotion] has two different symptoms — constitutional and marginal. Now, My dear Sanātana, listen to the symptoms of love.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Bhāva has two kinds of symptoms: constitutional and marginal.
The constitutional symptom, svarūpa-lakṣaṇa, is being situated on the transcendental platform of pure goodness. In this position, the soul is purified of all material contamination.
The marginal symptom, taṭastha-lakṣaṇa, is the softening of the heart through various tastes. One’s loving propensity to render spontaneous service to the Lord awakens.
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:
In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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: “bhāva”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description connect purity with a loving desire to serve the Lord?
Make two short notes: one describing the constitutional symptom of bhāva and one describing its marginal symptom.
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