Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.118
atha (19) avahitthā –
[atha (19) avahitthaa –]
avahitthākāra-guptir bhaved bhāvena kenacit ||118||
[avahitthaakaara-guptir bhaved bhaavena kenachit ||118||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha (19) avahitthā –
avahitthākāra-guptir bhaved bhāvena kenacit ||118||
The external action of wanting to hide one’s external symptoms because of thinking oneself low is called avahitthā.
Purport
Concealment There is a symptom of ecstatic love known as concealment, or trying to hide one’s real mental condition by externally showing another attitude.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary
Kenacit bhavena means “under the control of that bhāva.” Ākāra-guptiḥ means concealing ones anubhāvas (external symptoms). Thus, desiring to conceal one’s anubhāvas because of internal feelings of lowness is called avahitthā.
My note
Source: vedabase.io