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adhikāri-bhede rati—pañca parakāra
śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya, madhura āra

Synonyms

adhikari—of possessor; bhede—according to differences; rati—attachment; panca parakāra—five varieties; santa—neutral; dasya—servitude; sakhya—friendship; vātsalya—paternal love; madhura—conjugal love; ara—also. 

Translation

“According to the candidate possessing these transcendental qualities [sneha, māna and so on], there are five transcendental mellows-neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parental love and conjugal love. 

In the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, rati (attraction) is thus described: 

vyaktaṁ masṛṇitevāntar-
lakṣyate rati-lakṣaṇam
mumukṣu-prabhṛtīnaṁ ced
bhaved eṣā ratir na hi

kintu bāla-camatkāra-
kārī tac-cihna-vīkṣayā
abhijñena subodho ‘yaṁ
raty-ābhāsaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

The real symptoms of the fructification of the seed of love (rati) are manifest because the heart is melted. When such symptoms are found among speculators and fruitive actors, they cannot be accepted as real symptoms of attachment. Foolish people without knowledge of devotional service praise such symptoms of attachment even when they are based on something other than a desire to serve Kṛṣṇa. However, one who is expert in devotional service calls such symptoms rati-ābhāsa, a mere glimpse of attachment. 

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