# Cc. Madhya 19.218 > শান্তের স্বভাব — কৃষ্ণে মমতা-গন্ধহীন । > ‘পরংব্রহ্ম’-‘পরমাত্মা’-জ্ঞান-প্রবীণ ॥২১৮॥ ## Text > śāntera svabhāva—kṛṣṇe mamatā-gandha-hīna > 'paraṁ-brahma'-'paramātmā'-jñāna pravīṇa ## Synonyms *śāntera sva-bhāva*—the characteristic of *śānta-rasa*; *kṛṣṇe*—in Kṛṣṇa; *mamatā-gandha-hīna*—not even the smallest quantity of intimacy; *param-brahma*—impersonal Brahman; *paramātmā*—the localized situation of the Lord; *jñāna*—knowledge; *pravīṇa*—prominence. ## Translation **"It is the nature of śānta-rasa that not even the smallest intimacy exists. Rather, knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā is prominent.** ## Purport Because of an impersonal impression of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a devotee in the *śānta-rasa* relationship worships the impersonal Brahman or localized aspect of the Absolute Truth (Paramātmā). He does not develop a personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.