Adi-lila, Chapter 7 71

SYNONYMS

premara—by such love of Godhead; sva-bhave—by nature; bhakta—the devotee;
hase—laughs; Rande—cries; gaya—chants; unmatta—mad; ha-iya—becoming; nace—
dances; /ti—here; uti—there; dhaya—moves.

TRANSLATION

“When one actually develops love of Godhead, he naturally sometimes cries,
sometimes laughs, sometimes chants and sometimes runs here and there just like a
madman.

PURPORT

In this connection Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatt Gosvami says that sometimes persons
who have no love of Godhead at all display ecstatic bodily symptoms. Artificially
they sometimes laugh, cry and dance just like madmen, but this cannot help one
progress in Krsna consciousness. Rather, such artificial agitation of the body is to
be given up when one naturally develops the necessary bodily symptoms. Actual
blissful life, manifested in genuine spiritual laughing, crying and dancing, is the
symptom of real advancement in Krsna consciousness, which can be achieved by a
person who always voluntarily engages in the transcendental loving service of the
Lord. If one who is not yet developed imitates such symptoms artificially, he creates
chaos in the spiritual life of human society.

TEXTS 89-90

CAM, BA, CATANIA, sierra, Cals |
Gait, faate, cas, 12, 26, CHD vat
QS Sila celal SKACICA ASIST |
BCVA BLAH ISMATA SIA li de 11

sveda, Rampa, romaficasru, gadgada, vaivarnya
unmada, visada, dhairya, garva, harsa, dainya

eta bhave prema bhaktaganere nacaya
Rrsnera anandamrta-sagare bhasaya

SYNONYMS

sveda—perspiration; Rampa—trembling; romafca—standing of the hairs on the
body; agru—tears; gadgada—faltering; vaivarn ya—changing of bodily color; unmada—
madness; visada—melancholy; dhairya—patience; garva—pride; harsa—joyfulness;
dainya—humbleness; eta—in many ways; bhave—in ecstasy; prema—love of Godhead;
bhakta-ganere—unto the devotees; nacaya—causes to dance; Arsnera—of Lord Krsna;
ananda—transcendental bliss; amrta—nectar; sagare—in the ocean; bhasaya—floats.
