স্তোত্রং যত্র তটস্থতাং প্রকটযচ্চিত্তস্য ধত্তে ব্যথাং নিন্দাপি প্রমদং প্রযচ্ছতি পরীহাসশ্রিযং বিভ্রতী দোষেণ ক্ষযিতাম্গুণেন গুরুতাং কেনাপ্যনাতন্বতী প্রেম্ণঃ স্বারসিকস্য কস্যচিদিযং বিক্রীডতি প্রক্রিযা
स्तोत्रं यत्र तटस्थतां प्रकटयच्चित्तस्य धत्ते व्यथां निन्दापि प्रमदं प्रयच्छति परीहासश्रियं बिभ्रती दोषेण क्षयिताम्गुणेन गुरुतां केनाप्यनातन्वती प्रेम्णः स्वारसिकस्य कस्यचिदियं विक्रीडति प्रक्रिया
stotraṁ yatra taṭa-sthatāṁ prakaṭayac cittasya dhatte vyathāṁ nindāpi pramadaṁ prayacchati parīhāsa-śriyaṁ bibhratī doṣeṇa kṣayitām guṇena gurutāṁ kenāpy anātanvatī premṇaḥ svārasikasya kasyacid iyaṁ vikrīḍati prakriyā
Synonyms
stotram—praising; yatra—in which; taṭa-sthatām—neutrality; prakaṭayat—manifesting; cittasya—to the heart; dhatte—gives; vyathām—painful reaction; nindā—blaspheming; api—also; pramadam—pleasure; prayacchati—delivers; parīhāsa—of joking; śriyam—the beauty; bibhratī—bringing forth; doṣeṇa—by accusation; kṣayitām—the quality of diminishing; guṇena—by good qualities; gurutām—the importance; kena api—by any; anātanvatī—not increasing; premṇaḥ—of love of Godhead; svārasikasya—spontaneous; kasyacit—of any; iyam—this; vikrīḍati—acts within the heart; prakriyā—the manner of action..
Translation
" '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 Vidagdha-mādhava (5.4) is spoken by Paurṇamāsī, the grandmother of Rādhārāṇī and mother of Sāndīpani Muni.