सम्यङ्मसृणितस्वान्तो ममत्वातिशयाङ्कितः ।
भावः स एव सान्द्रात्मा बुधैः प्रेमा निगद्यते ॥
samyaṅ-masṛṇita-svānto mamatvātiśayāṅkitaḥ |
bhāvaḥ sa eva sāndrātmā budhaiḥ premā nigadyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.4.1)
“That particular bhāva, intense in nature, which is marked by extreme mamatva [for Kṛṣṇa, i.e., loving attachment, lit., ‘my-ness’], and because of which the heart becomes completely melted, is called prema by the wise.”