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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 14]
be liked by everyone, even by the enemies of his father, because he would have no other vision besides the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A pure devotee of the Lord sees the presence of his worshipable Lord everywhere. The Lord also reciprocates in such a way that all living entities in whom the Lord is dwelling as the Supersoul also like a pure devotee because the Lord is present in their hearts and can dictate to them to be friendly to His devotee. There are many instances in history wherein even the most ferocious animal became friendly to a pure devotee of the Lord.
TEXT 48
स वै महाभागवतो महात्मा 
  महानुभावो महतां महिष्टः। 
  प्रवृद्धभक्त्या हनुभाविताशये 
  निवेश्य वैकुण्ठमिमं विहास्यति ॥४८॥
sa vai mahā-bhāgavato mahātmā  
 mahānubhāvo mahatām mahiṣṭhaḥ  
 pravṛddha-bhaktyā hy anubhāvitāśaye  
 niveśya vaikuṇṭham imam vihāsyati
saḥ —he;  vai —certainly;  mahā-bhāgavataḥ —the topmost devotee;  mahātmā —expanded intelligence;  mahā-anubhāvaḥ —expanded influence;  mahatām —of the great souls;  mahiṣṭhaḥ —the greatest;  pravṛddha —well matured;  bhaktyā —by devotional service;  hi —certainly;  anubhāvita —being situated in the  anubhāva  stage of ecstasy;  āśaye —in the mind;  niveśya —entering;  vaikuṇṭham —in the spiritual sky;  imam —this (material world);  vihāsyati —will quit.
TRANSLATION
That topmost devotee of the Lord will have expanded intelligence and expanded influence and will be the greatest of the great souls. Due to matured devotional service, he will certainly be situated in transcendental ecstasy and will enter the spiritual sky after quitting this material world.
PURPORT
There are three stages of transcendental development in devotional service, which are technically called  sthāyibhāva ,  anubhāva  and  mahābhāva . Continual perfect love of Godhead is called  sthāyibhāva , and when it is performed in a particular type of transcendental relationship it is called  anubhāva . But the stage of  mahābhāva  is visible amongst the