'bhakti'-Å›abdera artha haya daÅ›a-vidhÄkÄra
eka — 'sÄdhana', 'prema-bhakti' — nava prakÄra
bhakti-Å›abdera - of the word bhakti; artha - meanings; haya - are; daÅ›a-vidha-ÄkÄra - ten varieties; eka - one; sÄdhana - the execution of regulative devotional service; prema-bhakti - ecstatic love of Godhead; nava prakÄra - nine kinds.
“There are ten meanings for the word ‘bhakti’ [‘devotional service’]. One is sÄdhana-bhakti, execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles, and the other nine are varieties of prema-bhakti, ecstatic love of Godhead.
The nine varieties of prema-bhakti are rati, prema, sneha, mÄna, praṇaya, rÄga, anurÄga, bhÄva and mahÄbhÄva — attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attachment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the word sÄdhana-bhakti there is only one meaning, “the execution of devotional service according to regulative principles.â€
