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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.30

atha sāttvikāḥ –
[atha saattvikaah –]
romāñca-sveda-kampādyāḥ sāttvikāḥ pralayaṁ vinā ||30||
[romaancha-sveda-kampaadyaah saattvikaah pralayam vinaa ||30||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha sāttvikāḥ –
romāñca-sveda-kampādyāḥ sāttvikāḥ pralayaṁ vinā ||30||
Sāttivika-bhāvas: In śānta rasa all the sāttvika-bhāvas such as standing of hair on end, perspiration, shaking of the body occur. However, fainting (pralaya) does not occur.

It is sometimes found that a devotee in the śānta-rasa falls down on the ground, his hairs stand up on his body, and he trembles all over. In this way, different symptoms of ecstatic trance are exhibited automatically by such devotees.

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

For those in śānta-rasa, the behavior on attaining samādhi on the form of the Lord and in realizing the formless brahman have some characteristics of pralaya, [Note: In pralaya there is non-functioning of action and knowledge senses, and symptoms such as falling on the ground. This is described in 2.3.58] but there is no falling on the ground. Thus, it is said in this verse that there is no pralaya.

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