124 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 17
Such a devotee increases his ecstasy in devotional service more and more.
Thus as soon as he remembers Lord Visnu, his eyes fill with tears. This is
a symptom of a mahd-bhagavata. Dhruva Maharaja maintained himself
in that devotional ecstasy, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also gave us a
practical example of transcendental ecstasy when He lived at Jagannatha
Puri. His pastimes there are fully narrated in Caitanya-caritamrta.
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tatah sapta rsayas tat prabhavabhina yam nanu tapasa atyantiki
siddhir etdvati bhagavati sarvdtmani vadsudeve ’nuparata-bhakti-yoga-
labhenaivopeksitanydrthatma-gatayo muktim ivagatarh mumuksava iva
sabahu-mdnam adyapi jatd-jiitair udvahanti.

tatah—thereafter; sapta rsayah—the seven great sages (beginning
with Marici): tat prabhdva-abhijnah—who knew very well the influence
of the Ganges River: ydém—this Ganges water: nanu—indeed;
tapasah—of our austerities; dtyantiki—the ultimate; siddhih—perfec-
tion; etdvati—this much: bhagavati—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; sarva-dtmani—in the all-pervading; vdsudeve—Krsna;
anuparata—continuous; bhakti-yoga—of the mystic process of devo-
tional service; labhena—simply by achieving this platform; eva—cer-
tainly; upeksita—neglected; anya—other: artha-dtma-gatayah—all
other means of perfection (namely religion, economic development,
sense gratification and liberation); muktim—liberation from material
bondage; iva—like; adgatam—obtained; mumuksavah—persons desir-
ing liberation; iva—like; sa-bahu-manam—with great honor; adya
api—even now; jatd-jiitaih—with matted locks of hair; udvahanti—
they carry.
