Madhya 23.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

সম্যঙ্‌মসৃণিতস্বান্তো মমত্বাতিশয়াঙ্কিতঃ ।
ভাবঃ স এব সান্দ্রাত্মা বুধৈঃ প্রেমা নিগদ্যতে ॥ ৭ ॥

samyaṅ masrnita-svanto

mamatvatisayaṅkitah

bhavah sa eva sandratma

budhaih prema nigadyate

SYNONYMS

samyak-completely; masrnita-svantah-which makes the heart soft; mamatva-of a sense of ownership; atisaya-aṅkitah-marked with an abundance; bhavah-emotion; sah-that; eva-certainly; sandra-atma-whose nature is very condensed; budhaih-by learned persons; prema-love of Godhead; nigadyate-is described.

TRANSLATION

" 'When that bhava softens the heart completely, becomes endowed with a great feeling of possessiveness in relation to the Lord and becomes very much condensed and intensified, it is called prema [love of Godhead] by learned scholars.

This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.4.1).

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