Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.4.53; 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.
Verse 3.4.53
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यशोदादेस् तु वात्सल्य-रतिः प्रौढा निसर्गतः ।
प्रेमवत् स्नेहवद् भाति कदाचित् किल रागवत् ॥३.४.५३॥yaśodādes tu vātsalya-ratiḥ prauḍhā nisargataḥ |
premavat snehavad bhāti kadācit kila rāgavat ||3.4.53||
English translation
“The vatsala-rati of Yaśodā and others is at the stage of very intense rāga by its very nature. Just as other ratis gradually increase to prema and then sneha, sometimes vatsala-rati also appears externally to increase to prema, sneha and rāga, but internally it is always on the level of rāga.”