Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s3.26

c8.s3.26

The self-effort may take the forms of gestures, words or looks. The gestures, are of many kinds: cracking of the fingers, artfully covering up one's limbs, drawing figures on the ground with one's toes, scratching the ears, dance of the eye-brows, biting one's lips, etc. The words, consisting of hints, may be direct or artful, or they may concern Kṛṣṇa himself or something relevant, etc. The looks are analysed into smiling with the eyes, glancing with half-closed eyes, rolling the eyes, side-long glances, etc.