356 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19

TRANSLATION

“The material desire to enjoy the material world and the desire to become
liberated from material bondage are considered to be two witches, and they
haunt one like ghosts. As long as these witches remain within the heart, how
can one feel transcendental bliss? As long as these two witches remain in the
heart, there is no possibility of enjoying the transcendental bliss of devotional
service,

PURPORT
This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.22).

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sadhana-bhakti haite haya ‘rati‘ra udaya
rati gadha haile tara ‘prema’ nama kaya

SYNONYMS

sadhana-bhakti—the process of regularly rendering devotional service; haite—
from; haya—there is; ratira—of attachment; udaya—the awakening; rati—such
attachment; gadha haile—becoming thick; tara—of this; prema—love of God-
head; néma—the name; kaya—is said.

TRANSLATION
“By regularly rendering devotional service, one gradually becomes at-

tached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When that attachment is in-
tensified, it becomes love of Godhead.

PURPORT

Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.2) gives the following information about sédhana-
bhakti:
krti-sadhya bhavet sadhya-
bhava sa sadhanabhidha
nitya-siddhasya bhavasya
prakatyam hrdi sadhyata

The process of devotional service—beginning with chanting and hearing —is
called sédhana-bhakti. This includes the regulative principles that are intended to
