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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 23.18-19
āsaktis tad-gunākhyāne
ity-ādayo 'nubhāvāh syur
SYNONYMS
kshāntih — forgiveness; avyartha-kālatvam — being free from wasting time; viraktih — detachment; māna-śūnyatā — absence of false prestige; āśā-bandhah — hope; samutkanthā — eagerness; nāma-gāne — in chanting the holy names; sadā — always; rucih — taste; āsaktih — attachment; tat — of Lord Krishna; guna-ākhyāne — in describing the transcendental qualities; prītih — affection; tat — His; vasati-sthale — for places of residence (the temple or holy places); iti — thus; ādayah — and so on; anubhāvāh — the signs; syuh — are; jāta — developed; bhāva-ańkure — whose seed of ecstatic emotion; jane — in a person.
TRANSLATION
"'When the seed of ecstatic emotion for Krishna fructifies, the following nine symptoms manifest in one's behavior: forgiveness, concern that time should not be wasted, detachment, absence of false prestige, hope, eagerness, a taste for chanting the holy name of the Lord, attachment to descriptions of the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and affection for those places where the Lord resides — that is, a temple or a holy place like Vrindāvana. These are all called anubhāva, subordinate signs of ecstatic emotion. They are visible in a person in whose heart the seed of love of God has begun to fructify.'
PURPORT
These two verses are found in the Bhakti-rasāmrita-sindhu (1.3.25-26).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness