अनुकम्पा च पूर्णेऽपि स्वस्मिन्निजसेवाद्यभिलाषं सम्पाद्य सेवकादिषु सेवादिसौभाग्यसम्पादिका भगवतश्चित्तार्द्रतामयी तदुपकारेच्छा ।
anukampā ca pūrṇe’pi svasmin nija-sevādy-abhilāṣaṁ sampādya sevakādiṣu sevādi-saubhāgya-sampādikā bhagavataś cittārdratāmayī tad-upakārecchā |
(Prīti Sandarbha: 84)
“Anukampā (compassion) is Bhagavān’s desire, constituted of meltedness of the heart, to favor his servants and so forth by producing desire [within their hearts] for their own service to him and then manifesting the fortune of that service and so forth even though he is complete [i.e., independent and self-satisfied].”