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- Read on →: ātmany atinikṛṣṭatā-mananaṁ dainyam
ātmany atinikṛṣṭatā-mananaṁ dainyam |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-tīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.194)“‘Humility’ (dainyam) is thought of extreme lowliness in oneself.”
- Read on →: śāstrādīnāṁ vicārottham artha-nirdhāraṇaṁ matiḥ
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.”
- Read on →: dambhas tv asataḥ svīyottamatvasya vyañjanam
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].”
- Read on →: parodaye dveṣo mātsaryaṁ
parodaye dveṣo mātsaryaṁ |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-tīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.194)“‘Envy’ (mātsarya) is detestation of another’s success.”
- Read on →: athocyante trayas-triṁśad-bhāvā ye vyabhicāriṇaḥ
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].”
- Read on →: anubhāvās tu citta-stha-bhāvānām avabodhakāḥ
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).”