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sambandha-lābhopakṛtir abhedo guṇa-kīrtanam

sambandha-lābhopakṛtir abhedo guṇa-kīrtanam |
sāma pañca-vidho bhedo dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-mayaṁ vacaḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in the Bhāvārtha-dīpikā and Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī ṭīkās to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.36 and the Sārārtha-darśanī-ṭīkā to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.37)

“Sāma (pacification) is of five types: speech related to relationships, gain, assistance, unity [i.e., non-separateness], and praise of qualities. Bheda (disconcertion) is [of two types:] speech related to the seen and the unseen [i.e., speaking so as to create concerns regarding the present and the future (as per the Sārārtha-darśanī-ṭīkā: dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-bhaya-lakṣaṇo dvividho bhedaḥ].”

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