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  • ātmany atinikṛṣṭatā-mananaṁ dainyam |
    (Durgama-saṅgamanī-tīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.194)

    “‘Humility’ (dainyam) is thought of extreme lowliness in oneself.”

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  • śāstrādīnāṁ vicārottham artha-nirdhāraṇaṁ matiḥ ||
    atra kartavya-karaṇaṁ saṁśaya-bhramayoś chidā |
    upadeśaś ca śiṣyāṇām ūhāpohādayo’pi ca ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.140)

    “Ascertainment of an object based on deliberation upon śāstra and so forth is [called] understanding (mati). Herewith, performance of what is to be done, cutting away doubts and misunderstandings, instructing students, positive and negative reasoning, and so on occur.”

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  • dambhas tv asataḥ svīyottamatvasya vyañjanam |
    (Durgama-saṅgamanī-tīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.194)

    “‘Deceit’ (dambha) is making a show of one’s non-existent superiority [i.e., crooked conceited behavior].”

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  • parodaye dveṣo mātsaryaṁ |
    (Durgama-saṅgamanī-tīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.194)

    “‘Envy’ (mātsarya) is detestation of another’s success.”

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  • athocyante trayas-triṁśad-bhāvā ye vyabhicāriṇaḥ |
    viśeṣeṇābhimukhyena caranti sthāyinaṁ prati ||
    vāg-aṅga-sattva-sūcyā jñeyās te vyabhicāriṇaḥ |
    sañcārayanti bhāvasya gatiṁ sañcāriṇo’pi ||
    unmajjanti nimajjanti sthāyiny amṛta-vāridhau |
    ūrmivad vardhayanty enaṁ yānti tad-rūpatāṁ ca te ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.1–3)

    “Now, the thirty-three vyabhicāri-bhāvas are to be described. Those [bhāvas] which move against the sthāyi [-bhāva] with a distinctive supportiveness [of the sthāyi-bhāva], and [which] are identifiable by speech, the body, and sattva [i.e., the state of the antaḥkaraṇa, lsly., mind] are to be known as vyabhicāris [i.e., vyabhicāri-bhāvas], and also as sañcāris [i.e., saṅcāri-bhāvas], since they mobilize the condition of the [sthāyi-] bhāva. They arise and recede like waves in the ocean of nectar that is the sthāyi [-bhāva], increase this [i.e., the sthāyi-bhāva], and attain the state of its form [i.e., merge into it].”

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  • anubhāvās tu citta-stha-bhāvānām avabodhakāḥ |
    te bahir vikriyā prāyāḥ proktā udbhāsvarākhyayā ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.2.1)

    “Indicators of the bhāvas situated in the heart are [called] anubhāvas (effects) [e.g., smiling, dancing, and singing]. They are for the most part external transformations, and [thus] are referred to by the name udbhāsvaras (illuminations).”

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