Vyabhicāri-bhāvas (Sañcāri-bhāvas)

athocyante trayas-triṁśad-bhāvā ye vyabhicāriṇaḥ

athocyante trayas-triṁśad-bhāvā ye vyabhicāriṇaḥ |
viśeṣeṇābhimukhyena caranti sthāyinaṁ prati ||
vāg-aṅga-sattva-sūcyā jñeyās te vyabhicāriṇaḥ |
sañcārayanti bhāvasya gatiṁ sañcāriṇo’pi ||
unmajjanti nimajjanti sthāyiny amṛta-vāridhau |
ūrmivad vardhayanty enaṁ yānti tad-rūpatāṁ ca te ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.1–3)

“Now, the thirty-three vyabhicāri-bhāvas are to be described. Those [bhāvas] which move against the sthāyi [-bhāva] with a distinctive supportiveness [of the sthāyi-bhāva], and [which] are identifiable by speech, the body, and sattva [i.e., the state of the antaḥkaraṇa, lsly., mind] are to be known as vyabhicāris [i.e., vyabhicāri-bhāvas], and also as sañcāris [i.e., saṅcāri-bhāvas], since they mobilize the condition of the [sthāyi-] bhāva. They arise and recede like waves in the ocean of nectar that is the sthāyi [-bhāva], increase this [i.e., the sthāyi-bhāva], and attain the state of its form [i.e., merge into it].”

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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].”

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