BRS 2.5.3

BRS 2.5.3

Verse Text

tatra mukhyā – śuddha-sattva-viśeṣātmā ratir mukhyeti kīrtitā | mukhyāpi dvi-vidhā svārthā parārthā ceti kīrtyate ||3||

Translation

Mukhya-rati (Primary rati) A rati which is śuddha-sattva-viśeṣātmā (composed of the hlādinī and saṁvit śaktis) is called a primary rati. Though this is the primary rati, it takes two forms: svārtha and parārtha.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

The words śuddha-sattva-viśeṣātmā refers to the definition given in 1.3.1.

Purport (Nectar of Devotion)

These symptoms of ecstatic love are possible only when one is fully situated in a transcendental position. Direct ecstatic love can be divided into two groups—namely, selfish and selfless.