stotraá¹ yatra taá¹­a-sthatÄá¹ prakaá¹­ayac cittasya dhatte vyathÄá¹
nindÄpi pramadaá¹ prayacchati parÄ«hÄsa-Å›riyaá¹ bibhratÄ«
doá¹£eṇa ká¹£ayitÄá¹ guṇena gurutÄá¹ kenÄpy anÄtanvatÄ«
premṇaḥ svÄrasikasya kasyacid iyaá¹ vikrÄ«á¸ati prakriyÄ

 stotram - praising; yatra - in which; taá¹­a-sthatÄm - neutrality; prakaá¹­ayat - manifesting; cittasya - to the heart; dhatte - gives; vyathÄm - painful reaction; nindÄ - blaspheming; api - also; pramadam - pleasure; prayacchati - delivers; parÄ«hÄsa - of joking; Å›riyam - the beauty; bibhratÄ« - bringing forth; doá¹£eṇa - by accusation; ká¹£ayitÄm - the quality of diminishing; guṇena - by good qualities; gurutÄm - the importance; kena api - by any; anÄtanvatÄ« - not increasing; premṇaḥ - of love of Godhead; svÄrasikasya - spontaneous; kasyacit - of any; iyam - this; vikrÄ«á¸ati - acts within the heart; prakriyÄ - the manner of action.


Text

“ ‘When one hears praise from his beloved, he outwardly remains neutral but feels pain within his heart. When he hears his beloved making accusations about him, he takes them to be jokes and enjoys pleasure. When he finds faults in his beloved, they do not diminish his love, nor do the beloved’s good qualities increase his spontaneous affection. Thus spontaneous love continues under all circumstances. That is how spontaneous love of Godhead acts within the heart.’

Purport

This verse from the Vidagdha-mÄdhava (5.4) is spoken by PaurṇamÄsÄ«, the grandmother of Madhumaá¹…gala and mother of SÄndÄ«pani Muni.