Bhāva will be destroyed by aparādha to the dearest devotees of Kṛṣṇa. An example is Dvivida the monkey, a follower of Rāma. By aparādha to Lakṣmaṇa, his bhāva disappeared. By medium aparādha, bhāva becomes bhāvābhāsa. If the aparādha is slight, the bhāva changes type. Madhura-rati becomes dāsya-rati. Dāsya-rati becomes śānta-rati.

By two types of grave offenses—offense to the dearest devotee, or to Kṛṣṇa Himself (kṛṣṇa-pṛeṣṭha aparādhataḥ)—even real bhāva is destroyed. By medium offense, bhāva becomes bhāvābhāsa. By slight offense, the bhāva degrades in category. Becoming an inferior type means that there will be degradation in term of the five rasas and the eight stages from mahā-bhāva to rati. [Note: Sādhya-rūpa or hārda-rūpa-bhakti has five types: bhāva, prema, praṇaya, sneha and rāga. In Ujjvala-nīla-maṇi three more types are mentioned: māna, anurāga and mahā-bhāva. Thus, there are eight types of sādhya-bhakti. This is explained in Jīva Gosvāmī’s commentary on BRS 1.2.1. However, since the topic is bhāva-bhakti, the lowest of the eight types, that bhāva could simply decrease in intensity. Furthermore, those at the level of bhāva still have impurities, and could make mistakes because of anarthas, whereas those at the level of prema are pure and could never commit real offense.] Thus, change in bhāva will take place according to the seriousness of the offense.