Text 11

Hṛdaya-daurbalya is of four kinds, as stated in the Āmnāya-sūtravyākhyā:

तुच्छासक्तिः कुटीनाटी मात्सर्यं स्व-प्रतिष्ठता
हृद्-दौर्बल्यं बुधैः शश्वज् ज्ञेयं किल चतुर्-विधम्

tucchāsaktiḥ kuṭīnāṭī mātsaryaṃ sva-pratiṣṭhatā
hṛd-daurbalyaṃ budhaiḥ śaśvaj jñeyaṃ kila catur-vidham

Scholars consider hṛdaya-daurbalya to be of four types: (1) attachment to worthless objects, that is, objects unrelated to Kṛṣṇa, (2) hypocrisy and deceit (kuṭināṭī), (3) envy upon seeing the prosperity of others, and (4) desire for prestige and position (pratiṣṭhā ).

कृष्णेतर विषये आसक्ति, कुटीनाटी
पर-द्रोह, प्रतिष्ठाशा एइ त’ चारिटि

kṛṣṇetara viṣaye āsakti, kuṭīnāṭī
para-droha, pratiṣṭhāśā ei ta’ cāriṭi

हृदय-दौर्बल्य बलि’ शास्त्रे निर्धारिल
छय रिपु, छय ऊर्मि इहाते जन्मिल

hṛdaya-daurbalya bali’ śāstre nirdhārila
chaya ripu, chaya ūrmi ihāte janmila

यत दिन ए सब अनर्थ नाहि छाडे
तत दिन भक्ति-लता कभु नाहि बाढे

yata dina e saba anartha nāhi chāḍe
tata dina bhakti-latā kabhu nāhi bāḍhe

Commentary: Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti:

Hṛdaya-daurbalya gives birth to six enemies: lust (kāma ), anger (krodha), greed (lobha), delusion (moha ), pride (mada) and envy (mātsarya); and their waves result in distress (śoka), bewilderment (moha ), hunger (kṣudhā), thirst (pipāsā ), old age (jarā) and death (mṛtyu).

The creeper of devotion cannot grow as long as one does not give up these anarthas.