Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 22.150

iṣṭe svārasikī rāgaḥ

paramāviṣṭatā bhavet

tan-mayī yā bhaved bhaktiḥ

sātra rāgātmikoditā

SYNONYMS

iṣṭe — unto the desired object of life; svā-rasikī — appropriate for one's own original aptitude of love; rāgaḥ — attachment; parama-āviṣṭatā — absorption in the service of the Lord; bhavet — is; tat-mayī — consisting of that transcendental attachment; yā — which; bhavet — is; bhaktiḥ — devotional service; sā — that; atra — here; rāgātmikā-uditā — called rāgātmikā, or spontaneous devotional service.

TRANSLATION

"'When one becomes attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his natural inclination to love is fully absorbed in thoughts of the Lord. That is called transcendental attachment, and devotional service according to that attachment is called rāgātmikā, or spontaneous devotional service.'

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.272).

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