# Cc. Madhya 23.18-19 ## Text > kṣāntir avyartha-kālatvaṁ > viraktir māna-śūnyatā > āśā-bandhaḥ samutkaṇṭhā > nāma-gāne sadā ruciḥ > > āsaktis tad-guṇākhyāne > prītis tad-vasati-sthale > ity ādayo 'nubhāvāḥ syur > jāta-bhāvāṅkure jane ## Synonyms *kṣāntiḥ*—forgiveness; *avyartha*-*kālatvam*—being free from wasting time; *viraktiḥ*—detachment; *māna*-*śūnyatā*—absence of false prestige; *āśā*-*bandhaḥ*—hope; *samutkaṇṭhā*—eagerness; *nāma*-*gāne*—in chanting the Holy names; *sadā*—always; *ruciḥ*—taste; *āsaktiḥ*—attachment; *tat*—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; *guṇa*-*ākhyāne*—in describing the transcendental qualities; *prītiḥ*—affection; *tat*—His; *vasati*-*sthale*—in places of residence (the temple or holy places); *iti*—thus; *ādayaḥ*—and so on; *anubhāvāḥ*—the signs; *syuḥ*—are; *jāta*—developed; *bhāva*-*aṅkure*—whose seed of ecstatic emotion; *jane*—in a person. ## Translation **“ 'When the seed of ecstatic emotion for Kṛṣṇa fructifies, the following nine symptoms manifest in one's behavior: forgiveness, concern that time should not be wasted, detachment, absence of false prestige, hope, eagerness, a taste for chanting the holy name of the Lord, attachment to descriptions of the transcendental qualities of the Lord, and affection for those places where the Lord resides—that is, a temple or a holy place like Vṛndāvana. These are all called anubhāva, subordinate signs of ecstatic emotion. They are visible in a person in whose heart the seed of love of God has begun to fructify.'** ## Purport These two verses are found in the *Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu* (1.3.25-26).