TEXT 166
'suddha-bhakti' haite haya 'prema' utpanna
ataeva suddha-bhaktira kahiye 'laksana'
SYNONYMS
suddha-bhaktipure devotional service without material contaminations; haitefrom; hayais; premalove of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; utpannaproduced; ataevatherefore; suddha-bhaktiraof pure devotional service; kahiyelet me explain; laksanathe 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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