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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 8.27
প্রেমের উদয়ে হয় প্রেমের বিকার ।
স্বেদ–কম্প–পুলকাদি গদ্গদাশ্রুধার ॥ ২৭ ॥
premera udaye haya premera vikāra
sveda-kampa-pulakādi gadgadāśrudhāra
When one’s transcendental loving service to the Lord is actually awakened, it generates transformations in the body such as perspiration, trembling, throbbing of the heart, faltering of the voice and tears in the eyes.
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Bodily transformations such as trembling, a faltering voice and tears appear automatically when love of Godhead is actually awakened.
One should not imitate these symptoms to gain cheap public adoration. Genuine ecstatic symptoms do not need to be manufactured.
Desire for material acclaim is a disease that can remain even while one advances spiritually. Pure devotion must be without desire for anything material.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Vulnerability and obedience. Kavirāja writes by mercy and command rather than personal self-assertion.
The mood of Ādi 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
All these ācāryas will bestow their causeless mercy upon a devotee and gradually purify his heart. When he is actually purified, automatically he will experience ecstasy in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of godhead”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I want to serve the Lord, or do I sometimes want others to admire my devotion?
Perform one small act of devotional service today without seeking praise or displaying emotion for others.
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