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iste svarasiki ragah

paramavistata bhavet

tanmayi ya bhaved bhaktih

satra ragatmikodita

SYNONYMS

iste—unto the desired object of life; svarasiki—appropriate for one’s own original aptitude of love; ragah—attachment; parama-avistata—absorption in the service of the Lord; bhavet—is; tat-mayi—consisting of that transcendental attachment; ya—which; bhavet—is; bhaktih—devotional service; sa—that; atra—here; ragatmika-udita—called ragatmika, or spontaneous devotional service " ’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 ragatmika, or spontaneous devotional service.’

PURPORT

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