CC Madhya 23.6
Bengali
এই দুই, — ভাবের ‘স্বরূপ’, ‘তটস্থ’ লক্ষণ ।
প্রেমের লক্ষণ এবে শুন, সনাতন ॥ ৬ ॥
প্রেমের লক্ষণ এবে শুন, সনাতন ॥ ৬ ॥
Verse text
e dui, — bhāvera ‘svarūpa’, ‘taṭastha’ lakṣaṇa
premera lakṣaṇa ebe śuna, sanātana
premera lakṣaṇa ebe śuna, sanātana
Synonyms
Translation
“Bhāva [emotion] has two different symptoms — constitutional and marginal. Now, My dear Sanātana, listen to the symptoms of love.
Purport
The word śuddha-sattva-viśeṣātmā means “situated on the transcendental platform of pure goodness.” In this way the soul is purified of all material contamination, and this position is called svarūpa-lakṣaṇa, the constitutional symptom of bhāva, 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 taṭastha-lakṣaṇa, the marginal symptom of bhāva.