what are the specific characteristics of bhakti?

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Vijayakamala jps

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Aug 5, 2011, 2:05:54 AM8/5/11
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Srila Rupa Gosvami has enumerated six specific symptoms of suddha-bhakti in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Purva, 1.12:

kesa-ghni subha-da moksa-laghuta-krt su-durlabha
sandrananda-visesatma sri-krsnakarsini ca sa

"Suddha-bhakti extirpates klesaghni, distress; subha-da, offers good fortune; moksa-laghutakrt, exposes the inanity of liberation; su-durlabha, makes herself very rarely attainable; sandrananda-visesatma, fills the heart with inexplicable joy; and sri-krsnakarsini, attracts Sri Krishna"
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