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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 2]
there are still more symptoms, such as affection, anger and attachment, gradually rising in exceptional cases to the  mahā-bhāva  stage, which is generally not possible for the living entities. All these were manifested by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the personification of love of God.
In the  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, the chief disciple of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, these transcendental symptoms displayed by pure devotees like Uddhava are systematically described. We have written a summary study of  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  entitled  The Nectar of Devotion , and one may consult this book for more detailed information on the science of devotional service.
TEXT 6
अनकैर्भगवल्लोकाश्रुलोकं पुनरागतः । विमृज्य नेत्रे विदुरं प्रत्याहोद्धव उत्सायन् ॥ ६ ॥
śanakair bhagaval-lokān nṛlokam punar āgataḥ vimṛjya netre viduram pratyāhoddhava utsmayan
śanakaiḥ—a little after; bhagavat—the Lord; lokāt—from the abode; nṛlokam—the planet of the human beings; punaḥ āgataḥ—coming again; vimṛjya—wiping; netre—eyes; viduram—unto Vidura; pratya—in affection; āha—said; uddhavaḥ—Uddhava; utsmayan—by all those remembrances.
TRANSLATION
The great devotee Uddhava soon came back from the abode of the Lord to the human plane, and wiping his eyes, he awakened his reminiscence of the past and spoke to Vidura in a pleasing mood.
PURPORT
When Uddhava was fully absorbed in the transcendental ecstasy of love of God, he actually forgot all about the external world. The pure devotee lives constantly in the abode of the Supreme Lord, even in the present body, which apparently belongs to this world. The pure devotee is not exactly on the bodily plane, since he is absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme. When Uddhava wanted to speak to Vidura, he came down from the abode of the Lord, Dvārakā, to the material plane of human beings. Even though a pure devotee is present on this mortal planet, he is here in relation to the Lord for engagement in transcendental