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’suddha-bhakti’ haite haya ’prema’ utpanna
ataeva suddha-bhaktira kahiye ’laksana’
SYNONYMS
suddha-bhakti—pure devotional service without material contaminations; haite—from; haya—is; prema—love of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; utpanna—produced; ataeva—therefore; suddha-bhaktira—of pure devotional service; kahiye—let me explain; laksana—the symptoms "When one is situated in pure devotional service, he develops love of Godhead; therefore let me describe some of the symptoms of pure devotional service.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (18.55) it is said: bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah.
One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead in truth unless he takes to devotional service.