CC Madhya 22.161

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 161

দাস-সখা-পিত্রাদি-প্রেয়সীর গণ ।
রাগমার্গে নিজ-নিজ-ভাবের গণন ॥ ১৬১ ॥

dāsa-sakhā-pitrādi-preyasīra gaṇa
rāga-mārge nija-nija-bhāvera gaṇana

Word by word

dāsa — servants; sakhā — friends; pitṛ-ādi — parents; preyasīra gaṇa — conjugal lovers; rāga-mārge — on the path of spontaneous loving service; nija-nija — of one’s own choice; bhāvera — of the ecstasy; gaṇana — counting.

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa has many types of devotees — some are servants, some are friends, some are parents, and some are conjugal lovers. Devotees who are situated in one of these attitudes of spontaneous love according to their choice are considered to be on the path of spontaneous loving service.”