Sutra 82. Gunamaahaatmyaasaktiroopaa sakti poojaa sakti smaranaa sakti daasyaa sakti sakhyaa sakti vaatsalyaa sakti kaantaa sakti aatmanivedanaa sakti tanmayaa sakti paramavirahaa sakti roopaikadhaapyekaadasadha bhavati.
[Bhakti, or Divine Love, though in itself one only, manifests
itself in the following eleven forms:
(1) Love of the glorification of the Lord’s blessed qualities,
(2) Love of his enchanting beauty,
(3) Love of worship,
(4) Love of constant remembrance,
(5) Love of service,
(6) Love of Him as a friend,
(7) Love of Him as a son,
(8) Love for Him as that of a wife for her husband,
(9) Love of self-surrender to Him,
(10) Love of complete absorption in Him,
(11) Love of the pain of separation from Him.]
Ekadha: of one way, of one kind
Api: Even
Gunamaahatmyaasakti: love for glorifying the divine
attributes
Roopaasakti: love of divine beauty
Poojasakti: love of worship
smaranaasakti: love of remembering
Daasyaa-sakti: love of service
Sakhyaasakti: Love of God as a friend
Vaatsalyasakti: love of God as that of a child
Kaantaasakti: Love of God as that of a wife
Aatmanivedanaasakti: love of self-surrender
Tanmayaasakti: love of complete absorption in Him
Paramavirahaasakti: love of the pain of separation from Him
Rupa: in the form
Ekaadasadha: of eleven forms
Bhavati: becomes.
First of all, the devotee serves the Lord as a servant
serves his Master. Then he approaches Him nearer and behaves towards Him as a
friend does towards a friend. The relationship is then felt to be more closely
personal. 
Therefore, the devotee rises higher and manifests parental affection for the loved one, as a father to his son. Lastly the little remaining remoteness between them disappears altogether. The two become one in spirit.
The devotee
develops all the marks of a beloved wife’s love for her beloved husband. In Atmanivedan
or complete self-surrender, there is complete self-absorption.
He feels the Living presence of God anywhere and everywhere and permanently loses himself in
the Lord.
You can know you love the Lord when you feel you cannot
live without Him.
The purpose of the life of a devotee is to lose all sense
of distinctive personality and be dissolved in the Lord like camphor in the
fire.
The Gopis of Brindavan, the Rishis of Dandakaranya were
naturally attracted by Sri Krishna's enchanting personal beauty.
Ambarisha, Lakshmi, Prithu, Bharata spent whole time in
worship.
Prahlada, Dhruva, Sanaka in remembrance.
Hanuman, Akrura, Vidura in service.
Uddhava, Arjuna.. Sudama and Guha had the attribute of
friendship.
Sridama, Rukmini and Satyabhama loved Sri Krishna as a
husband and
Dasaratha, Kausalya, Devaki, Nanda, Yasoda, Kasyapa,
Aditi, Manusatarupa, as their son.
Bali, Vibhishana, Hanuman, Ambarisha, Sibi
did complete self-surrender to the Lord.
Sanatkumar, Suka, Sanaka and Yajnavalkya immersed
themselves in His Bliss (Tanmayasakti).
Uddhava, Arjuna, Gopis and Radha experienced anguish of
separation. Each one is characterised by a predominant attitude. All these
eleven forms of Bhakti are possible for the same Bhaktas during different
moods.
Viraha is the highest manifestation of love. It is a
common characteristic of all devotees, because it is in the very nature of
intense love that it cannot bear separation. This is one of the supreme tests
of devotion in Sutra 29. This stage of love is typically manifested in Radha and
the Gopis when they were separated from Sri Krishna.
If all these forms of attachments cannot be developed
together, you can select one or two sentiments and cultivate love for God
accordingly. Love is fundamentally one. Therefore, no distinction of higher
and lower should be made among devotees, according to the difference of
sentiment cultivated by them.
All these eleven types of divine love were found developed
among the Gopis.
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