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  "name":"Cc. Madhya 25.139",
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  "label":"Text 139",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 25.139",
  "description":"\"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."

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Cc. Madhya 25.139

Text

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.