Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu

by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words

The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.2.21; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:

वपुर् उत्फुल्लतारक्तोद्गमाद्याः स्युः परे’पि ये ।
अतीव-विरलत्वात् ते नैवात्र परिकीर्तिताः ॥२.२.२१॥

vapur utphullatāraktodgamādyāḥ syuḥ pare’pi ye |
atīva-viralatvāt te naivātra parikīrtitāḥ ||2.2.21||

English translation

“Other symptoms such as extreme goosebumps and sweating blood are not described here because they are very rare.”

iti śrī-śrī-bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhau dakṣiṇa-vibhāge
bhakti-rasa-sāmānya-nirūpaṇe’nubhāva-laharī dvitīyā |

“Thus ends the Second Wave of the Southern Ocean of Śrī Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, concerning anubhāva.”

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