Madhurer Sthayi Bhava Labhe Jate Avirbhava

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Song Name: Madhurer

Sthayi

Bhava

Official Name: Rupanuga

Bhajana

Darpana Song 9

Author: Bhaktivinoda

Thakura

Book Name: Gitamala

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

madhurera

sthāyī

bhāba Â Â Â Â Â Â Â labhe

jate

abirbhāba

boli

tāhā

śuno

eka -mane

abhijoga o biṣoya Â Â Â Â Â Â Â sambandhābhimāna-dwoya

tadīya

biśeṣa

upamāne

(2)

swabhāba

āśroya

kori ' Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â citte

rati

abatori

śṛńgāra

rasera

kore

puṣṭi

abhijoga

ādi

choya Â Â Â Â Â Â anye

rati-hetu

hoya

braja-debīra

tāhe

nāhi

dṛṣṭi

(3)

swataḥ-siddhi

rati

tāńre Â Â Â Â Â sambandhādi-sahākāre

samartha

koriyā

rākhe

sadā

kṛṣṇa-sebā

binā

tāńra Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

udyamo

nāhika

āra

swīya

sukha

ceṣṭa

nāhi

kadā

(4)

rati

prauḍha

hoya Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â mahā-bhāba

dāsa

pāya

jāra

tulya

prāpti

āra

nāi

sarbādbhuta

camatkāra Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

sambhogecchā e prakāra

barṇibāre

bākya

nāhi

pāi

TRANSLATION

Madhura

rati , or conjugal affection, is the stayi

bhava

of the madhura

rasa . Now please hear with rapt attention as I explain the sequence of its development. The seven causal ingredients are: 1) Abhiyoga

(expression of heartfelt emotions as joking complaints) 2) Visaya

(the five sense perceptions of Krsna , namely sound, touch, form, taste and smell) 3) Sambandha ( Krsna’s relatives and family members) 4) Abhimana (the feeling that Krsna

is one’s own) 5) Tadiya

Visesa

( Krsna’s personal specialties, like His footprints, favorite pastures, etc.) 6) Upama (poetic comparison of Krsna to other things) 7) Svabhava

(love that arises naturally without external stimulus)

Rati develops in the heart of the practicing devotee when all these features act together under the shelter of the 7th ingredient svabhava , and thus the conjugal mellow becomes nourished. However, all the Vraja

gopis

have natural rati as their svabhava , so for them there is no need of stimulation by the first six above-mentioned ingredients headed by abhiyoga .

The natural, spontaneous transcendental rati of the gopis is so strongly fixed up that they merely take help from the above-mentioned six ingredients, instead of depending on them for stimulation. Except for Krsna’s service, there is no question of their ever performing any other endeavor. Indeed, it is verily impossible for them to strive for their own personal happiness at any time, even to the slightest degree.

When this type of pure attachment becomes most matured, then the final stage it attains is called maha-bhava . . . the most exalted, sublime form of transcendental ecstasy. There is no comparison anywhere to such bliss. Their desire for this type of selfless union is the most wonderful thing to observe, and it really makes one astonished even to think of it. Therefore, I can certainly find no suitable words to describe the manifestation of this topmost divine grace called maha-bhava .

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UPDATED: July 4, 2009