Signs of ecstatic emotion

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita - Adi Lila Krishnadas Kabiraj bengali 1915

Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita – Adi Lila Krishnadas Kabiraj bengali 1915

kshāntir avyartha-kālatvam
viraktir māna-śūnyatā
āśā-bandhah samutkanthā
nāma-gāne sadā rucih

āsaktis tad-gunākhyāne
prītis tad-vasati-sthale
ity-ādayo 'nubhāvāh syur
jāta-bhāvāńkure jane

“‘When the seed of ecstatic emotion for Krishna fructifies, the following nine symptoms manifest in one’s behavior: forgiveness, concern that time should not be wasted, detachment, absence of false prestige, hope, eagerness, a taste for chanting the holy name of the Lord, attachment to descriptions of the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and affection for those places where the Lord resides — that is, a temple or a holy place like Vrindāvana. These are all called anubhāva, subordinate signs of ecstatic emotion. They are visible in a person in whose heart the seed of love of God has begun to fructify.’

(CC.23.m 18-19)

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