Verse Text
citte gariṣṭhe gambhīre mahiṣṭhe karkaśādike |
samyag-unmīlitāś cāmī na lakṣyante sphuṭaṁ janaiḥ ||258||
Translation
Even if these bhāvas were to appear strongly in hearts which are gariṣṭha (heavy), gambhīra (deep), mahiṣṭha (expansive) or karkaśa (hard) in nature, ordinary people could not perceive the bhāvas clearly because there would be no external transformations of body or senses.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This verse begins the description of the degrees of manifestation of the bhavas.
The word amī refers to the bhāvas.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
If one’s heart is highly elevated, grave and magnanimous, or if one’s heart is rough and crude, different symptoms of ecstatic love will appear, influenced by the condition of the heart. Actually, people cannot generally understand such different qualities of mentality, …