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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25: How All the Residents of Vārāṇasī Became Vaiṣṇavas

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 139

ebe śuna, prema, yei-mūla ‘prayojana’
pulakāśru-nṛtya-gīta-yāhāra lakṣaṇa

SYNONYMS

ebe śuna—now hear; prema—love of Godhead; yei—which; mūla prayojana—the chief objective; pulaka-aśru-nṛtya-gīta—trembling of the body, tears in the eyes, dancing and chanting; yāhāra lakṣaṇa—the symptoms of which.

TRANSLATION

“Now hear from Me what actual love of Godhead is. It is the prime object of life and is symptomized by bodily trembling, tears in the eyes, chanting and dancing.