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| Madhya-lila | Chapter 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.166
'suddha-bhakti' haite haya 'prema' utpanna
ataeva suddha-bhaktira kahiye 'lakshana'
SYNONYMS
suddha-bhakti -- pure devotional service without material contaminations; haite -- from; haya -- is; prema -- love of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; utpanna -- produced; ataeva -- therefore; suddha-bhaktira -- of pure devotional service; kahiye -- let me explain; lakshana -- the symptoms.
TRANSLATION
"When one is situated in pure devotional service, he develops love of Godhead; therefore let me describe some of the symptoms of pure devotional service.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gita (18.55) it is said, bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah. One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead in truth unless he takes to devotional service.
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