Teyt 1531
THE PROCESS OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE
419
TRANSLATION
“The primary characteristic of spontaneous love is deep attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Absorption in Him is a marginal characteristic.
TEXT 152
ब्रागमारी  -े  के किनारे  क्षेत्र में बसा गया है।
তাহা শুনি’   লুক্ক হয়  কোন ভাগ্যবান  ॥ ১৫২   ॥   ।
rāgamayī-bhaktira haya ‘rāgātmikā’ nāma tāhā śuni’ lubdha haya kona bhāgyavān
SYNONYMS
rāga-mayī —consisting of attachment;  bhaktira —of devotional service;  haya —is;  rāgātmikā —spontaneous love;  nāma —the name;  tāhā śuni' —hearing this;  lubdha —covetous;  haya —becomes;  kona bhāgyavān —some fortunate person.
TRANSLATION
“Thus devotional service which consists of rāga [deep attachment] is called rāgātmikā, spontaneous loving service. If a devotee covets such a position, he is considered to be most fortunate.
TEXT 153
লোভে ব্রজবাসীর ভাবে করে অনুগতি ।।
শাল্লযুক্তি  নাহি মানে—রাগানুগার প্রকৃতি ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
lobhe vraja-vāsira bhāve kare anugati śāstra-yukti nāhi māne—rāgānugāra prakṛti
SYNONYMS
lobhe —in such covetousness;  vraja-vāsīra bhāve —in the moods of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, Vraja;  kare anugati —follows;  śāstra-yukti —injunctions or reasonings of the  śāstras ;  nāhi māne —does not abide by;  rāgānugāra —of spontaneous love;  prakṛti —the nature.
TRANSLATION
“If one follows in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana out of such transcendental covetousness, he does not care for the injunctions or reasonings of śāstra. That is the way of spontaneous love.