Madhya 22.154

TEXT 154

TEXT

বিরাজন্তীমভিব্যক্তাং ব্ৰজবাসিজনাদিষু ।
রাগাত্মিকামনুসৃতা যা সা রাগানুগোচ্যতে ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

virajantim abhivyaktam

vraja-vasi-janadisu

ragatmikam anusrta

ya sa raganugocyate

SYNONYMS

virajantim-shining intensely; abhivyaktam-fully expressed; vraja-vasi-jana-adisu-among the eternal inhabitants of Vrndavana; ragatmikam-devotional service consisting of spontaneous love; anusrta-following; ya-which; sa-that; raganuga-devotional service following in the wake of spontaneous love; ucyate-is said.

TRANSLATION

" 'Devotional service in spontaneous love is vividly expressed and manifested by the inhabitants of Vrndavana. Devotional service that accords with their devotional service is called raganuga bhakti, or devotional service following in the wake of spontaneous loving service.'

PURPORT

This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.270).