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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.1

kṛṣna-sambandhibhiḥ sākṣāt kiñcid vā vyavadhānataḥ |
[krishna-sambandhibhih saakshaat kinchid vaa vyavadhaanatah |]
bhāvaiś cittam ihākrāntaṁ sattvam ity ucyate budhaiḥ ||1||
[bhaavaish chittam ihaakraantam sattvam ity uchyate budhaih ||1||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṛṣna-sambandhibhiḥ sākṣāt kiñcid vā vyavadhānataḥ |
bhāvaiś cittam ihākrāntaṁ sattvam ity ucyate budhaiḥ ||1||
On the topic of rasa, when the heart becomes overwhelmed by ratis or bhāvas in relation to Kṛṣṇa, either directly or indirectly, the learned call this sattva.

NoD 28: Existential Ecstatic Love When a devotee is always intensely affected by love for Kṛṣṇa in a direct relationship with Him—or even a little apart from Him—his status is called existential ecstatic love.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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