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.”
bhakty-utthās te ca mūla-śākhāta upaśākhā iva bhaktyaiva dhanādi-lābha-pūjā-pratiṣṭhādyāḥ sva-vṛttibhiḥ sādhaka-cittam apy uparajya sva-vṛddhyā mūla-śākhām iva bhaktim api kuṇṭhayituṁ prabhavantīti |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.15)
“Also, those detriments (anarthas) arising from bhakti—the attainment of wealth and so on, [receiving] adoration, [gaining] prestige (pratiṣṭhā), and so forth specifically because of bhakti—are like sub-branches from the main branch [of a creeper], taint even the mind of a sādhaka with their own modes of being, and with their own growth cause constriction even of bhakti, the main branch [of the creeper from which they grow].”
aparādhotthā ity atra nāmāparādhā eva gṛhyante |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.1)
“Anarthas arising from offences are accepted to mean the [ten] offences to the name.”
sukṛtotthā bhogābhiniveśā vividhā eva |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.1)
“Anarthas arising from pious deeds are absorption in various forms of enjoyment.”
anarthāś catur-vidhāḥ—duṣkṛtotthāḥ sukṛtotthā aparādhotthā bhakty-utthāś ceti |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.1)
“Anarthas are of four types: those arising from misdeeds, those arising from pious deeds, those arising from offenses (aparādha), and those arising from bhakti.”
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.”
nirdhanatva-mahārogo mad-anugraha-lakṣaṇam |
(Unknown source; cited in Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3)
“Poverty and severe disease are signs of my grace.”
