Verse Text
atha premā –
hrāsa-śaṅkā-cyutā baddha-mūlā premeyam ucyate |
asyānubhāvāḥ kathitās tatra vyasanitādayaḥ ||81||
Translation
When sambhrama-prīti becomes firmly fixed, with no doubt that it will decrease, it is called prema. The anubhāvas are such things as complete attachment to the Lord.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
When this sambhrama-prīti becomes very fixed (baddha-mūlā) and one is convinced that it can never decrease, it is called prema.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
When there is no diminishing of this ecstatic love and when it is freed from all kinds of doubt, the devotee has reached the stage called steady love for Kṛṣṇa. In this stage, all expressions of unhappiness by the devotee are called anubhāva, or ecstatic loving symptoms.