CC Madhya 24.30
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- 'bhakti'-śabdera artha haya daśa-vidhākāra
- eka—'sādhana', 'prema-bhakti'—nava prakāra
SYNONYMS
bhakti-śabdera — of the word bhakti; artha — meanings; haya — are; daśa-vidha-ākāra — ten varieties; eka — one; sādhana — the execution of regulative devotional service; prema-bhakti — ecstatic love of Godhead; nava prakāra — nine kinds.
TRANSLATION
"There are ten meanings for the word 'bhakti' ['devotional service']. One is sādhana-bhakti, execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles, and the other nine are varieties of prema-bhakti, ecstatic love of Godhead.
PURPORT
The nine varieties of prema-bhakti are rati, prema, sneha, māna, praṇaya, rāga, anurāga, bhāva and mahābhāva—attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attachment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the word sādhana-bhakti there is only one meaning, "the execution of devotional service according to regulative principles."