# Cc. Madhya 24.30 > ‘ভক্তি’-শব্দের অর্থ হয় দশবিধাকার । > এক — ‘সাধন’, ‘প্রেমভক্তি’ — নব প্রকার ॥৩০॥ ## Text > 'bhakti'-śabdera artha haya daśa-vidhākāra > eka—'sādhana', 'prema-bhakti'—nava prakāra ## Synonyms *bhakti*—bhakti; *śabdera*—of this word; *artha*—meanings; *haya*—are; *daśa-vidhā-ākāra*—ten varieties; *eka*—one; *sādhana*—the execution of regulative devotional service; *prema-bhakti*—ecstatic love; *nava prakāra*—nine kinds. ## Translation **"There are ten meanings to the word bhakti, devotional service. One is execution of devotional service according to the regulative principles, and the other, called prema-bhakti [ecstatic love] has nine varieties.** ## Purport The nine varieties are *rati, prema, sneha, māna, praṇaya, rāga, anurāga, bhāva* and *mahābhāva*—attraction, love, affection, adverse feelings, intimacy, attachment, subattachment, ecstatic love and sublime ecstatic love. For the execution of devotional service according to regulative principles, there is only one meaning.