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- Read on →: rucir abhilāṣaḥ kintu buddhi-pūrvikeyam
rucir abhilāṣaḥ kintu buddhi-pūrvikeyam |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.4.15)“Ruci is desire, but this [desire is] directed by the intellect.”
- Read on →: rasāsvādaḥ viṣaya-sukhodaya-kāle
rasāsvādaḥ viṣaya-sukhodaya-kāle kīrtanādiṣu mano’nabhiniveśa |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 4.2)“Rasāsvāda [i.e., a taste for pleasure] means non-absorption of the mind in kīrtana and so forth at times when pleasure from objects of the senses arises.”
- Read on →: kaṣāyaḥ krodha-lobha-garvādi-saṁskāraḥ |
kaṣāyaḥ krodha-lobha-garvādi-saṁskāraḥ |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 4.2)“Kaṣāya [i.e., astringency] means a saṁskāra [i.e., tendency] for anger, greed, pride, and so on [during kīrtana and so forth].”
- Read on →: apratipattiḥ kadācil laya-vikṣepayor
apratipattiḥ kadācil laya-vikṣepayor abhāve kīrtanādy-asāmarthyam |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 4.2)“Apratipatti [i.e., inaction] means inability at times to engage in kīrtana and so forth even in the absence of laya and vikṣepa.”
- Read on →: vikṣepas teṣu vyavahārika-vārtā-samparkaḥ
vikṣepas teṣu vyavahārika-vārtā-samparkaḥ |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 4.2)“Vikṣepa [i.e., distraction] means involvement in worldly affairs during them [i.e., during kīrtana, śravaṇa, and so forth].”
- Read on →: layaḥ kīrtana-śravaṇa-smaraṇeṣu
layaḥ kīrtana-śravaṇa-smaraṇeṣu uttareṣv ādhikyena nidrodgamaḥ |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 4.2)“Laya [i.e., mental slackening] means sleepiness increasing sequentially during kīrtana, śravaṇa, and smaraṇa.”