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

Verse 8 of 111
Cc Madhya 23.8

অনন্যমমতা বিষ্ণৌ মমতা প্রেমসংগতা ভক্তিরিত্যুচ্যতে ভীষ্ম প্রহ্লাদোদ্ধবনারদৈঃ

अनन्यममता विष्णौ ममता प्रेमसंगता भक्तिरित्युच्यते भीष्म प्रह्लादोद्धवनारदैः

ananya-mamatā viṣṇau mamatā prema-saṅgatā bhaktir ity ucyate bhīṣma- prahlādoddhava-nāradaiḥ

Synonyms

ananya-mamatā—having a sense of relationships with no others; viṣṇau—in Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa; mamatā—the sense of ownership; prema-saṅgatā—endowed only with love; bhaktiḥ—devotional service; iti—thus; ucyate—is said; bhīṣma—by Bhīṣma; prahlāda—by Prahlāda Mahārāja; uddhava—by Uddhava; nāradaiḥ—and by Nārada..

Translation

" 'When one develops an unflinching sense of ownership or possessiveness in relation to Lord Viṣṇu, or, in other words, when one thinks Viṣṇu and no one else to be the only object of love, such an awakening is called bhakti [devotion] by exalted persons like Bhīṣma, Prahlāda, Uddhava and Nārada.'

Purport

This verse, quoted from the Nārada-pañcarātra, is found in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.4.2).

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