# Cc. Madhya 19.166 ## Text > 'śuddha-bhakti' haite haya 'premā' utpanna > ataeva śuddha-bhaktira kahiye 'lakṣaṇa' ## Synonyms *śuddha*-*bhakti*—pure devotional service without material contaminations; *haite*—from; *haya*—is; *premā*—love of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *utpanna*—produced; *ataeva*—therefore; *śuddha*-*bhaktira*—of pure devotional service; *kahiye*—let me explain; *lakṣaṇa*—the symptoms. ## Translation **"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-gītā* [[bg/18/55|(Bg. 18.55)]] it is said: *bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ.* One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead in truth unless he takes to devotional service.