Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.45
tat-kāruṇya-ślathībhūta-jñāna-saṁskāra-santatiḥ |
[tat-kaarunya-shlatheebhoota-jnaana-samskaara-santatih |]
eṣa bhakti-rasānanda-nipuṇaḥ syād yathā śukaḥ ||45||
[esha bhakti-rasaananda-nipunah syaad yathaa shukah ||45||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tat-kāruṇya-ślathībhūta-jñāna-saṁskāra-santatiḥ |
eṣa bhakti-rasānanda-nipuṇaḥ syād yathā śukaḥ ||45||
As in the case of Śukadeva, impressions of jñāna will slacken by the mercy of the Lord, and the person will attain the perfection of bliss in bhakti-rasa.
Purport
The same thing happened to Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who also reformed himself by the grace of the Lord and took to the path of devotional service, giving up the way of impersonal realization. Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, who gave up the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth to take to devotional service, are the best examples of devotees situated in the neutral state.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary
A more ancient example (Śukadeva) is given as proof. Elsewhere Śukadeva has indicated that the residents of Vraja possess the highest prema, and has shown that even in that place the supreme prema is madhura-rasa.
My note
Source: vedabase.io