CC Madhya 19.218
Bengali
শান্তের স্বভাব — কৃষ্ণে মমতা-গন্ধহীন ।
‘পরংব্রহ্ম’-‘পরমাত্মা’-জ্ঞান-প্রবীণ ॥ ২১৮ ॥
‘পরংব্রহ্ম’-‘পরমাত্মা’-জ্ঞান-প্রবীণ ॥ ২১৮ ॥
Text
śāntera svabhāva — kṛṣṇe mamatā-gandha-hīna
‘paraṁ-brahma’-‘paramātmā’-jñāna pravīṇa
‘paraṁ-brahma’-‘paramātmā’-jñāna pravīṇa
Synonyms
Translation
“It is the nature of śānta-rasa that not even the smallest intimacy exists. Rather, knowledge of impersonal Brahman and localized Paramātmā is prominent.
Purport
Because of an impersonal impression of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a devotee in the śānta-rasa relationship worships the impersonal Brahman or localized aspect of the Absolute Truth (Paramātmā). He does not develop a personal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.