Madhya 19.166

TEXT 166

TEXT

'শুদ্ধভক্তি' হৈতে হয় 'প্রেমা' উৎপন্ন ।
অতএব শুদ্ধভক্তির কহিয়ে 'লক্ষণ' ॥ ১৬৬ ॥

'suddha-bhakti' haite haya 'prema' utpanna

ataeva suddha-bhaktira kahiye 'laksana'

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; laksana-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 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.

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