Verse Text
tatra vaidha-bhāvottho, yathā ekādaśe—
evaṁ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā
jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ |
hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty
unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ ||6||
Translation
An example of prema arising from vaidha-bhāva is supplied from the Eleventh Canto: Having performed his vows according to vaidhi-bhakti, chanting the holy name of his beloved Lord, he develops great attachment. As his heart melts with ecstatic love, he laughs very loudly, cries, or shouts. Sometimes he sings and dances like a madman, for he is indifferent to public opinion. SB 11.2.40
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Vrata means a person performing vows of sādhana according to the methods discussed in the second wave, and indicates vaidhi-sādhana, since vratas are related to rules and regulations in vaidhi-bhakti. The words priya-nāma-kīrtyā indicate that bhāva has appeared from chanting Kṛṣṇa’s name—because the word priya in this verse indicates that the Lord has become very dear to the chanter. The word sva (one’s own) indicates a feeling of possessiveness of the Lord. The Lord has become one’s own object of affection. Jātānurāga indicates intense possessiveness, which is a symptom of prema. Rauti means to make sounds loudly other than crying (which has already been described by the word roditi). Loka-bāhyaḥ means “he is beyond ordinary humans or extraordinary.” [Note: It can also mean that he is indifferent to society.]
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Vaidhah means “produced from vaidhi.” By following the rules of vaidhi-sādhana-bhakti, vaidha-bhāva appears. From that vaidha-bhāva, appears a corresponding prema. That is the meaning of vaidha-bhāvottaḥ.
Evaṁ vrataḥ (performing vows) indicates that the prema arose from vaidha-bhāva. The word priya (dear) indicates the attainment of bhāva. Sva indicates the devotee’s possessiveness of the Lord. Jātānurāga indicates extreme possessiveness.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Eleventh Canto, Second Chapter, verse 40, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, this ecstatic love, born of the execution of regulative devotional service, is explained: “A devotee, in the course of executing the regulative principles of devotional service, develops his natural Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and being thus softened at heart he chants and dances like a madman. While performing chanting of the holy name of the Lord, he sometimes cries, sometimes talks wildly, sometimes sings and sometimes—without caring for any outsider—dances like a madman.”