CC Madhya 24.34
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24, Text 34
কান্তাগণের রতি পায় ‘মহাভাব’-সীমা ।
‘ভক্তি’-শব্দের এই সব অর্থের মহিমা ॥ ৩৪ ॥
‘ভক্তি’-শব্দের এই সব অর্থের মহিমা ॥ ৩৪ ॥
kāntā-gaṇera rati pāya ‘mahābhāva’-sīmā
‘bhakti’-śabdera ei saba arthera mahimā
‘bhakti’-śabdera ei saba arthera mahimā
Word by word
kāntā-gaṇera — of the devotees in conjugal love; rati — the attraction; pāya — attain; mahā-bhāva-sīmā — the limit of mahābhāva; bhakti-śabdera — of the word bhakti; ei saba — all these; arthera — of the meanings; mahimā — of the glories.
Translation
“The gopīs of Vṛndāvana who are attached to Kṛṣṇa in conjugal love can increase their ecstatic love up to the point of mahābhāva, the greatest ecstatic love. These are some of the glorious meanings of the word ‘bhakti.’”