Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu

by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words

The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.3.64; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:

सा भूरि-काल-व्यापित्वं बह्व्-अङ्ग-व्यापिता’पि च ।
स्वरूपेण तथोत्कर्ष इति वृद्धिस् त्रिधा भवेत् ॥२.३.६४॥

sā bhūri-kāla-vyāpitvaṃ bahv-aṅga-vyāpitā’pi ca |
svarūpeṇa tathotkarṣa iti vṛddhis tridhā bhavet ||2.3.64||

English translation

“The increase is of three types: duration of the symptoms, pervasion of the symptoms in different parts of the body, and exhibition of the essential nature of the sāttvika-bhāva.”

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