स्वकीयः परमानन्दशक्तिवृत्तिविशेषोदयरूपप्रेमविशेषस्वरूपो यः कामस् …।
svakīyaḥ paramānanda-śakti-vṛtti-viśeṣodaya-rūpa-prema-viśeṣa-svarūpo yaḥ kāmas … |
(Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 183)
“Kāma, which is of the nature of a special type of prema in the form of a manifestation of a special functional capacity (vṛtti) of his [i.e., Bhagavān’s] own potency (śakti) of supreme bliss ….”