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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .1.307

eṣām ālambanatvaṁ ca tathoddīpanatāpi ca ||307||
[eshaam aalambanatvam cha tathoddeepanataapi cha ||307||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
eṣām ālambanatvaṁ ca tathoddīpanatāpi ca ||307||
His qualities (eṣām) however act as both ālambana and uddīpanas.

In the technical Sanskrit terms, such qualities as Kṛṣṇa’s name and fame are accepted both as reservoirs of and as stimulation for love of Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Because the qualities serve in special cases as ālambana, the form and to some extent the qualities are said to share the role of ālambana.

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