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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .6.16

sadā bhagavato bhītiṁ gatā ātyantikīm api |
[sadaa bhagavato bheetim gataa aatyantikeem api |]
kaṁsādyā rati-śūnyatvād atra nālambanā matāḥ ||16||
[kamsaadyaa rati-shoonyatvaad atra naalambanaa mataah ||16||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sadā bhagavato bhītiṁ gatā ātyantikīm api |
kaṁsādyā rati-śūnyatvād atra nālambanā matāḥ ||16||
Though the demons such as Kaṁsa are extremely fearful of the Lord at all times, because this fear is devoid of rati, they are not āśrayas for bhayānaka-rasa. Thus ends the Sixth Wave concerning bhayānaka-bhakti-rasa, in the Northern Section of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.

Demons like Kaṁsa feared Kṛṣṇa, but their feelings cannot be described as ecstatic dread in devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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