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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.267

draved atrādya-yugalam ātapena yathāyatham |
[draved atraadya-yugalam aatapena yathaayatham |]
dravībhūtaṁ svabhāvena sarvadaivāmṛtaṁ bhavet |
[draveebhootam svabhaavena sarvadaivaamritam bhavet |]
govinda-preṣṭha-varyāṇāṁ cittaṁ syād amṛtaṁ kila ||267||
[govinda-preshtha-varyaanaam chittam syaad amritam kila ||267||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
draved atrādya-yugalam ātapena yathāyatham |
dravībhūtaṁ svabhāvena sarvadaivāmṛtaṁ bhavet |
govinda-preṣṭha-varyāṇāṁ cittaṁ syād amṛtaṁ kila ||267||
Bee’s wax and butter become liquid from different degrees of heat from the sun. Nectar is naturally liquid. The hearts of the dearest devotees of Govinda are naturally soft like nectar.

As honey and butter become melted even in slight sunshine, softhearted persons become easily melted. Nectar, however, is by its nature always liquid. And the hearts of those who are in pure ecstatic love with Kṛṣṇa are by nature always liquified, just like nectar.

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

The hearts of the dearest devotees are naturally soft (dravībhūtam), and thus produce a great variety in vyabhicāri-bhāvas.

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