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Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal—Love of Godhead

Verse 7 of 111
Cc Madhya 23.7

সম্যঙ্মসৃণিতস্বান্তো মমত্বাতিশযাংকিতঃ ভাবঃ স এব সান্দ্রাত্মা বুধৈঃ প্রেমা নিগদ্যতে

सम्यङ्मसृणितस्वान्तो ममत्वातिशयांकितः भावः स एव सान्द्रात्मा बुधैः प्रेमा निगद्यते

samyaṅ masṛṇita-svānto mamatvātiśayāṅkitaḥ bhāvaḥ sa eva sāndrātmā budhaiḥ premā nigadyate

Synonyms

samyak—completely; masṛṇita-svāntaḥ—which makes the heart soft; mamatva—of a sense of ownership; atiśaya-aṅkitaḥ—marked with an abundance; bhāvaḥ—emotion; saḥ—that; eva—certainly; sāndra-ātmā—whose nature is very condensed; budhaiḥ—by learned persons; premā—love of Godhead; nigadyate—is described..

Translation

" 'When that bhāva 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.

Purport

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

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