Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.45

adhikāri-bhede rati — pañca parakāra

śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya, madhura āra

SYNONYMS

adhikāri — of the possessor; bhede — according to differences; rati — attachment; pañca parakāra — five varieties; śānta — neutral; dāsya — servitude; sakhya — friendship; vātsalya — parental love; madhura — conjugal love; āra — also.

TRANSLATION

"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.

PURPORT

In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, rati (attraction) is thus described:

vyaktaḿ masṛṇitevāntar lakṣyate rati-lakṣaṇam

mumukṣu-prabhṛtīnāḿ ced bhaved eṣā ratir na hi

kintu bāla-camatkāra-kārī tac-cihna-vīkṣayā

abhijñena subodho 'yaḿ raty-ābhāsaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

The real symptoms of the fructification of the seed of love (rati) are manifested because the heart is melted. When such symptoms are found among speculators and fruitive actors, they cannot be accepted as real symptoms of attachment. Foolish people without knowledge of devotional service praise such symptoms of attachment even when they are based on something other than a desire to serve Kṛṣṇa. However, one who is expert in devotional service calls such symptoms raty-ābhāsa, a mere glimpse of attachment.

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