23.7
samyan masrnita-svanto
mamatvatisayankitah
bhavah sa eva sandratma
budhaih prema nigadyate
SYNONYMS
samyak—completely; masrnita-svantah—which makes the heart soft; mamatva—of a sense of ownership; atisaya-ankitah—marked with an abundance; bhavah—emotion; sah—that; eva—certainly; sandra-atma—whose nature is very condensed; budhaih—by learned persons; prema—love of Godhead; nigadyate—is described " ’When that bhava softens the heart completely, becomes endowed with a great feeling of possessiveness in relation to the Lord and becomes very much condensed and intensified, it is called prema (love of Godhead) by learned scholars.
PURPORT
This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.4.1).