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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.218
santera svabhava -- krishne mamata-gandha-hina
'param-brahma'-'paramatma'-jnana pravina
SYNONYMS
santera svabhava -- the characteristic of santa-rasa; krishne -- in Krishna; mamata-gandha-hina -- not even the smallest quantity of intimacy; param-brahma -- impersonal Brahman; paramatma -- the localized situation of the Lord; jnana -- knowledge; pravina -- prominence.
TRANSLATION
"It is the nature of santa-rasa that not even the smallest intimacy exists. Rather, knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma is prominent.
PURPORT
Because of an impersonal impression of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a devotee in the santa-rasa relationship worships the impersonal Brahman or localized aspect of the Absolute Truth (Paramatma). He does not develop a personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness