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- Read on →: nāyakānāṁ śiroratnaṁ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
nāyakānāṁ śiroratnaṁ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam |
yatra nityatayā sarve virājante mahāguṇāḥ |
so’nya-rūpa-svarūpābhyām asminn ālambano mataḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.17; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.23.67)“The crest-jewel of nāyakas (leading men), Kṛṣṇa, Bhagavān Himself [see SB 1.3.28], in whom all great qualities shine in perpetuity—he with other forms and with his own form is considered the ālambana in regard to this [rati].”
- Read on →: kṛṣṇaś ca kṛṣṇa-bhaktāś ca budhair ālambanā matāḥ
kṛṣṇaś ca kṛṣṇa-bhaktāś ca budhair ālambanā matāḥ |
raty-āder viṣayatvena tathādhāratayāpi ca ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.16)“Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s bhaktas are known by the wise to be the ālambanas (supports) by virtue of [their] being the object (viṣaya) and the vessel (ādhāra) of rati and so forth [i.e., and the secondary rasas of laughter and so on].”
- Read on →: tatra jñeyā vibhāvās tu raty-āsvādana-hetavaḥ
tatra jñeyā vibhāvās tu raty-āsvādana-hetavaḥ |
te dvidhālambanā eke tathaivoddīpanāḥ pare ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.14)“In this regard, vibhāvas are to be known specifically as the causes of relishing rati. They are of two types: one is the ālambanas (supports) and the other the uddīpanas (stimuli).”
- Read on →: ye kṛṣṇa-bhakta-muralī-nādādyā hetavo rateḥ
ye kṛṣṇa-bhakta-muralī-nādādyā hetavo rateḥ |
kārya-bhūtāḥ smitādyāś ca tathāṣṭau stabdhatādayaḥ ||
nirvedādyāḥ sahāyāś ca te jñeyā rasa-bhāvane |
vibhāvā anubhāvāś ca sāttvikā vyabhicāriṇaḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.12–13)“The causes of rati—Kṛṣṇa, the bhakta, the sound of the muralī, and so forth; the effects [of rati]—smiling and so forth, and the eight beginning with stupor; and the assistants [of rati]—self-disparagement and so on—these are to be known [respectively] in the production of rasa as the vibhāvas, anubhāvas, sāttvikas [i.e., sāttvika-bhāvas], and vyabhicāris [i.e., vyabhicāri-bhāvas].”