atha saiva bhajana-viṣayā ruciḥ parama-prauḍhitamā satī yadā bhajanīyaṁ bhagavantaṁ viṣayīkaroti tadeyam āsaktir ity ākhyāyate |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 6.1)
“When ruci related to bhajana reaches its full-blown development and makes worshippable Bhagavān its focus, then it becomes known as āsakti.”
āsaktis tu svārasikī |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.4.16)
“Āsakti, however, is natural [i.e., nature desire that is not directed by the intellect].”
śravaṇa-kīrtanādīnām anyato vailakṣaṇyena rocakatvaṁ ruciḥ |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 5.1)
“Ruci means special tastefulness for śravaṇa, kīrtana, and so forth respectively [i.e., for each individually].”
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.”
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.”
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].”
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.”
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].”
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.”
layādy-abhāva eva niṣṭhā-liṅgam |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 4.2)
“The absence of laya and so forth [vikṣepa, apratipatti, kaṣāya, and rasāsvāda] is the characteristic of niṣṭhā.”
