Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s3.59
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s3.59
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c8.s3.59
(1) Rūḍha, where the Sāttvikas have reached the highest form of excitement (Uddīpta). Its characteristics both in union and separation are (a) incapacity for bearing separation even for a moment (Nimeṣāsahatā), (b) capacity to stir the hearts of all present (Āsanna-janatā-hṛd-viloḍanatva), (c) capacity to make a whole age appear as a moment, and a moment as a whole age (Kalpa-kṣaṇatva kṣaṇa-kalpatva), (d) languishment through apprehension of malady even in the presence of happiness (Tat-saukhye'pyārti-śaṅkayā khinnatva), and (e) forgetfulness of self and everything even in the absence of actual fainting (Mohādyabhāve'pyāt-mādi-sarva-vismaraṇatva).