BRS 1.4.11 — FolioCorpus

Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.11

māhātmya-jñāna-yuktaś ca kevalaś ceti sa dvidhā ||11||

[maahaatmya-jnaana-yuktash cha kevalash cheti sa dvidhaa ||11||]

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

māhātmya-jñāna-yuktaś ca kevalaś ceti sa dvidhā ||11||

Prema arising from the Lord’s mercy has two types: that endowed with knowledge of the Lord’s powers, and that endowed with only knowledge of the Lord’s sweetness.

Purport

Spontaneous attraction to Kṛṣṇa, which is said to be due to the extraordinary mercy of the Lord, can be placed under two headings: one is profound veneration for the greatness of the Lord, and the other is one’s being automatically attracted to Kṛṣṇa without any extraneous consideration.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Durgama-saṅgamanī

Commentary

Here it is explained that this prema has two types (just as prema arising from bhāva had two types). Kevala (only) indicates knowledge only of the sweetness of the Lord (with no mixture at all). [Note: Realizing only sweetness takes place exclusively in the form of Vraja Kṛṣṇa, not even in Mathurā or Dvārakā Kṛṣṇa, where sweetness is mixed with awareness of Kṛṣṇa as God. Realization of Vaikuṇṭha Viṣṇu produces a predominance of māhātmya-jñāna-yukta-prema.]

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