SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

206 Srimad-Bhigavatam (Canto 7, Ch. 4TRANSLATIONBecause of advancement in a consciousness, he sometimescried, sometimes laughed, sometimes expressed jubilation andsometimes sang loudly.PURPORTThis verse further clarifies the comparison of a devotee to a child. If amother leaves her small child in his bed or cradle and goes away to attendto some family duties, the child immediately understands that his motherhas gone away, and therefore he cries. But as soon as the mother returnsand cares for the child, the child laughs and becomes jubilant. Similarly,Prahlada Maharaja, being always absorbed in thoughts of l(rQa, sometimesfelt separation, thinking, "Where is l(rQa ?" This is explained bySri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sunyayitarh jagat sarvarh govinda-viraher:uzme. When an exalted devotee feels that l(rQa is invisible, having goneaway, he cries in separation, and sometimes, when he sees that l(rQa hasreturned to care for him, he laughs, just as a child sometimes laughsupon understanding that his mother is taking care of him. Thesesymptoms are called bhava. In The Nectar of Devotion, various bhavas,ecstatic conditions of a devotee, are fully described. These bhavas arevisible in the activities of a perfect devotee.TEXT 40'ffq_lmW '1 Pi'ffirit4lsd=qiifil( II o IInadati kvacid utkar:t!hovilajjo nrtyati kvacitkvacit tad-bhavana-yuktastanmayo 'nucakara hanadati-exclaims loudly (addressing the Lord, "0 l(rQa"); kvacitsometimes;utkar:t!hab.-being anxious; vilajjab,-without shame;nrtyati-he dances; kvacit-sometimes; kvacit-sometimes; tatbhavana-with thoughts of l(rQa; yuktab,-being absorbed; tatmayab,-thinkingas if he had become l(rQa; anucakara-imitated;ha-indeed.