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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 19]
TRANSLATION
“The material desire to enjoy the material world and the desire to become liberated from material bondage are considered to be two witches, and they haunt one like ghosts. As long as these witches remain within the heart, how can one feel transcendental bliss? As long as these two witches remain in the heart, there is no possibility of enjoying the transcendental bliss of devotional service.
PURPORT
This verse is found in  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.2.22).
TEXT 177
সাধনভক্তি হৈতে হয় ‘রতি’র উদয় । রতি গাঢ় হৈলে তার ‘প্রেম’ নাম কয় ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
sādhana-bhakti haite haya ‘rati’ra udaya rati gāḍha haile tāra ‘prema’ nāma kaya
SYNONYMS
sādhana-bhakti —the process of regularly rendering devotional service;  haite —from;  haya —there is;  ratira —of attachment;  udaya —the awakening;  rati —such attachment;  gāḍha haile —becoming thick;  tāra —of this;  prema —love of God-head;  nāma —the name;  kaya —is said.
TRANSLATION
“By regularly rendering devotional service, one gradually becomes attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When that attachment is intensified, it becomes love of Godhead.
PURPORT
Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.2.2) gives the following information about  sādhana-bhakti :
kṛti-sādhyā bhavet sādhya- bhāvā sā sādhanābhidhā nitya-siddhasya bhāvasya prākaṭyaṁ hṛdi sādhyatā
The process of devotional service—beginning with chanting and hearing—is called  sādhana-bhakti . This includes the regulative principles that are intended to