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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .8.43

tathā ca nāṭyācāryāḥ paṭhanti –
[tathaa cha naatyaachaaryaah pathanti –]
eka eva bhavet sthāyī raso mukhyatamo hi yaḥ |
[eka eva bhavet sthaayee raso mukhyatamo hi yah |]
rasās tad-anuyāyitvād anye syur vyabhicāriṇaḥ ||43||
[rasaas tad-anuyaayitvaad anye syur vyabhichaarinah ||43||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tathā ca nāṭyācāryāḥ paṭhanti –
eka eva bhavet sthāyī raso mukhyatamo hi yaḥ |
rasās tad-anuyāyitvād anye syur vyabhicāriṇaḥ ||43||
The authors on drama say: the predominating rasa is the sthāyi-bhāva. All other rasas will become vyabhicāri in nature, since they follow the predominating rasa.

Expert analysts of these various kinds of mellows instruct us that when different mellows overlap one another, the mellow which is the whole, or the prominent humor, is called the permanent ecstasy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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