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CC Madhya 23.54

Bengali

শান্তরসে শান্তি-রতি ‘প্রেম’ পর্যন্ত হয় ।
দাস্য-রতি ‘রাগ’ পর্যন্ত ক্রমেত বাড়য় ॥ ৫৪ ॥

Text

śānta-rase śānti-rati ‘prema’ paryanta haya
dāsya-rati ‘rāga’ paryanta krameta bāḍaya

Synonyms

śānta-rase — in the mellow of neutrality; śānti-rati — spiritual attachment in peacefulness; prema paryanta — up to love of Godhead; haya — is; dāsya-rati — attachment in servitude; rāga — spontaneous love; paryanta — up to; krameta — gradually; bāḍaya — increases.

Translation

“The position of neutrality increases up to the point where one can appreciate love of Godhead. The mellow of servitorship gradually increases to the point of spontaneous love of Godhead.