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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.257

vividhānāṁ tu bhaktānāṁ vaiśiṣṭyād vividhaṁ manaḥ |
[vividhaanaam tu bhaktaanaam vaishishtyaad vividham manah |]
mano ’nusārād bhāvānāṁ tāratamyaṁ kilodaye ||257||
[mano ’nusaaraad bhaavaanaam taaratamyam kilodaye ||257||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vividhānāṁ tu bhaktānāṁ vaiśiṣṭyād vividhaṁ manaḥ |
mano ’nusārād bhāvānāṁ tāratamyaṁ kilodaye ||257||
There is a variety of minds of the various types of devotees (devotees in śānta, dāsya etc.). In accordance with the variety of minds, there are also various gradations of the appearance of the bhāvas because of various natures such as gariṣṭha.

… produce various specific feelings within the mind. And according to these differences, the symptoms of ecstatic love appear in different forms and degrees.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

There are various minds of the devotees who have variety of moods as śānta, dāsya etc. The causes of gradation of bhāvas (even in persons possessing one rati such as dāsya) are the particular qualities of the individual mind such as gariṣṭha, which are described in the following verses.

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