Text 8] Life’s Ultimate Goal 5

tion, and this position is called svartipa-laksana, the constitutional symptom of
bhava, emotion. By various tastes, one’s heart is softened, and there is an
awakening of one’s loving propensity to render spontaneous service to the Lord.
This is called tatastha-laksana, the marginal symptom of bhava.

TEXT 7
ANS TRS ACH AAS at fSss |
STAs A 44 AMID Fes ca fasacS va

samyan masrnita-svanto
mamatvatisayankitah

bhdavah sa eva sandratma
budhaih premd nigadyate

SYNONYMS

samyak —completely; masrnita-svantah —which makes the heart soft; mama-
tva—of a sense of ownership; atisaya-ankitah—marked with an abundance;
bhavah—emotion; sah —that; eva—certainly; sndra-dtma—whose nature is very
condensed; budhaih—by learned persons; prema—love of Godhead; nigad-
yate—is described.

TRANSLATION

““ ‘When that bhava softens the heart completely, becomes endowed with a
great feeling of possessiveness in relation to the Lord and becomes very much
condensed and intensified, it is called prema [love of Godhead] by learned
scholars.

PURPORT
This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.4.1).

TEXT 8

BATUAG! FAC) AAS CAMARGT |
SFefaprores ST aetcatas-ataees tio
ananya-mamatd visnau
Mamata prema-sangata

bhaktir ity ucyate bhisma-
prahladoddhava-ndaradaih

SYNONYMS

ananya-mamata—having a sense of relationships with no others; visnau—in
Lord Visnu, or Krsna; mamata—the sense of ownership; prema-sangata—
