Verse Text
kevala-śānto ’pi, śrī-viṣṇu-dharmottare yathā –
nāsti yatra sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ na dveṣo na ca matsaraḥ |
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu sa śāntaḥ prathito rasaḥ ||48||
Translation
Pure śānta according to Viṣṇu-dharmottara: The condition in which there is no happiness, no suffering, no hatred, no envy, and equality shown to all beings is known as śānta-rasa.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
To defeat all objections of opponents concerning the rasa called kevala-śānta, the author establishes his own view by quoting from Viṣṇu-dharmottara Purāṇa to give further support.