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vitarka-bādhane pratipakṣa-bhāvanam

वितर्कबाधने प्रतिपक्षभावनम्

When oppressed by negative deliberation, cultivate the opposite side

vitarka - gross deliberation; negative deliberation

bādhana - oppressed

pratipakṣa - opposite side

bhāvana - cultivation; imagining, fancying; forming in the mind; to occupy one's imagination with, direct one's thoughts to, conception;

Commentary by Paul Harvey:

“When oppressed by negative reasoning cultivate the opposite side.”