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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.208

tatra sākṣāt –
[tatra saakshaat –]
mukhyām eva ratiṁ puṣṇan sākṣād ity abhidhīyate ||208||
[mukhyaam eva ratim pushnan saakshaad ity abhidheeyate ||208||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra sākṣāt –
mukhyām eva ratiṁ puṣṇan sākṣād ity abhidhīyate ||208||
That superior vyabhicāri-bhāva which nourishes a primary rati is called a direct, superior dependent vyabhicāri-bhāva.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

It should be understood that if the vyabhicāri-bhāva becomes a component of the primary or secondary rasas (nourishes the rasa) it is called superior (vara), ­dependent vyabhicāri-bhāva. Verse 213 describes the inferior (avara), dependent vyabhicāri-bhāva in the opposite way.

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