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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 17]
Such a devotee increases his ecstasy in devotional service more and more. Thus as soon as he remembers Lord Viṣṇu, his eyes fill with tears. This is a symptom of a  mahā-bhāgavata . Dhruva Mahārāja maintained himself in that devotional ecstasy, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also gave us a practical example of transcendental ecstasy when He lived at Jagannātha Purī. His pastimes there are fully narrated in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta .
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ततः सप्त ऋषयस्तत्प्रभावाभिज्ञा यां ननु तपसअत्य न्निकी सिद्धिरेतावती भगवति सर्वात्मनि वासुदेवेऽनुपरतम क्ति- योगलाभेनैवोपेक्षितान्यार्थात्मगतयो मुक्ति मिवागतां मुमुक्षव इव सबहुमानमद्यापि जटाजूटैरुद्धहन्ति ॥३॥
tataḥ sapta rṣayas tat prabhāvābhijñā yām nanu tapasa ātyantikī siddhir etāvatī bhagavati sarvātmani vāsudeve 'nuparata-bhakti-yoga- lābhenaivopekṣitānyārthātma-gatayo muktim ivāgatām mumukṣava iva sabahu-mānam adyāpi jaṭā-jūṭair udvahanti.
tataḥ —thereafter;  sapta rṣayaḥ —the seven great sages (beginning with Marīci);  tat prabhāva-abhijñāḥ —who knew very well the influence of the Ganges River;  yām —this Ganges water;  nanu —indeed;  tapasaḥ —of our austerities;  ātyantikī —the ultimate;  siddhiḥ —perfection;  etāvatī —this much;  bhagavati —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sarva-ātmani —in the all-pervading;  vāsudeve —Krṣṇa;  anuparata —continuous;  bhakti-yoga —of the mystic process of devotional service;  lābhena —simply by achieving this platform;  eva —certainly;  upekṣita —neglected;  anya —other;  artha-ātma-gatayaḥ —all other means of perfection (namely religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation);  muktim —liberation from material bondage;  iva —like;  āgatām —obtained;  mumukṣavaḥ —persons desiring liberation;  iva —like;  sa-bahu-mānam —with great honor;  adya api —even now;  jaṭā-jūṭaiḥ —with matted locks of hair;  udvahanti —they carry.