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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.12

apriyādeḥ kriyā kuryān nālaukiky api vismayam |
[apriyaadeh kriyaa kuryaan naalaukiky api vismayam |]
asādhāraṇy api manāk karoty eva priyasya sā ||12||
[asaadhaarany api manaak karoty eva priyasya saa ||12||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
apriyādeḥ kriyā kuryān nālaukiky api vismayam |
asādhāraṇy api manāk karoty eva priyasya sā ||12||
When an unloved person performs extraordinary actions, it is not astonishing, but when a loved one performs actions even a little uncommon, they produce astonishment.

The activities of a person, even if they are not very extraordinary, create an impression of wonder in the heart and mind of the person’s friends. But even very wonderful activities performed by a person who is not one’s friend will not create any impression.

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

Having said that adbhuta-rasa will manifest completely only in relation to Kṛṣṇa, the author establishes that all rasas possess some vismaya-rati. This is expressed in two verses. Thus, it is said: rase sāraś camatkāraḥ sarvatrāpīṣyate budhaiḥ tasmād adbhutam evāha kṛtī nārāyaṇo rasam In rasa, the essence is said to be astonishment by the wise. Therefore, adbhuta-rasa is said to be fully expressed in the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa. (from a work by Dharmadatta, quoted in Sāhitya-darpaṇa) In the verse, the order of the words should be manag api asādhārani (even a little uncommon).

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