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.”
niṣṭhā tatrāvikṣepeṇa sātatyam |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.4.15)
“Niṣṭhā is unwavering constancy therein [in bhajana].”
kintu yadi latāra saṅge uṭhe ‘upaśākhā’ |
bhukti-mukti-vāñchā, yata asaṅkhya tāra lekhā ||
‘niṣiddhācāra’, ‘kuṭīnāṭī’, ‘jīva-hiṁsana’ |
‘lābha’, ‘pūjā’, ‘pratiṣṭhādi’ yata upaśākhā-gaṇa ||
seka-jala pāñā upaśākhā bāḍi yāya |
stabdha hañā mūla-śākhā bāḍite nā pāya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.160)
“With the creeper [of bhakti] arise weeds, desires for enjoyment and mukti, which are innumerable. Forbidden behavior, deceit, harming living beings, [seeking] profit, adoration, prestige, and so on, are some of these weeds. These weeds grow by absorbing the sprinkled water [i.e., the water meant for the creeper of bhakti], and the host plant becomes stunted and unable to grow.”
utsāhamayī ghana-taralā vyūḍha-vikalpā viṣaya-saṅgarā niyamākṣamā taraṅga-raṅgiṇīti ṣaḍ-vidhā bhavantīti |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 2.5)
“(1) Utsāhamayī: [being] filled with [initial, superficial] excitement, (2) ghana-taralā [lit., ‘thick-thin’]: inconsistent endeavor, (3) vyūḍha-vikalpā: prolonged indecision, (4) viṣaya-saṅgarā: struggle with the objects of the senses, (5) niyamākṣamā: inability to adhere to regulations, and (6) taraṅga-raṅginī: [lit., ‘sporting in the waves’] enjoying the byproducts of bhakti [e.g., personal gain and prestige] are the six types [of unfixed (aniṣṭhita) bhajana-kriyā.”
sakala-sādhana-śreṣṭha ei pañca aṅga |
kṛṣṇa-prema janmāya ei pā̐cera alpa-saṅga ||
(Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: 2.22.125)
“These five limbs are the best of all sādhanas. Even slight connection with these five gives rise to Kṛṣṇa-prema.”
