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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 4]
TRANSLATION
Because of advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he sometimes cried, sometimes laughed, sometimes expressed jubilation and sometimes sang loudly.
PURPORT
This verse further clarifies the comparison of a devotee to a child. If a mother leaves her small child in his bed or cradle and goes away to attend to some family duties, the child immediately understands that his mother has gone away, and therefore he cries. But as soon as the mother returns and cares for the child, the child laughs and becomes jubilant. Similarly, Prahlāda Mahārāja, being always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa, sometimes felt separation, thinking, “Where is Kṛṣṇa?” This is explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.  Śūnyāyitam jagat sarvam govinda-viraheṇa me.  When an exalted devotee feels that Kṛṣṇa is invisible, having gone away, he cries in separation, and sometimes, when he sees that Kṛṣṇa has returned to care for him, he laughs, just as a child sometimes laughs upon understanding that his mother is taking care of him. These symptoms are called  bhāva . In  The Nectar of Devotion , various  bhāvas , ecstatic conditions of a devotee, are fully described. These  bhāvas  are visible in the activities of a perfect devotee.
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नदति कचिदुत्कण्ठो विलजो नृत्यति कचित् । कचित्तद्भावनायुक्तस्तन्मयोऽनुचकार ह ॥४०॥
nadati kvacid utkaṇṭho vilajjo nṛtyati kvacit kvacit tad-bhāvanā-yuktas tanmayo 'nucakāra ha
nadati —exclaims loudly (addressing the Lord, “O Kṛṣṇa”);  kvacit —sometimes;  utkaṇṭhaḥ —being anxious;  vilajjaḥ —without shame;  nṛtyati —he dances;  kvacit —sometimes;  kvacit —sometimes;  tat-bhāvanā —with thoughts of Kṛṣṇa;  yuktaḥ —being absorbed;  tat-mayaḥ —thinking as if he had become Kṛṣṇa;  anucakāra —imitated;  ha —indeed.