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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .8.9

adbhutasya suhṛd vīraḥ pañca śāntādayas tathā |
[adbhutasya suhrid veerah pancha shaantaadayas tathaa |]
pratipakṣo bhaved asya raudro bībhatsa eva ca ||9||
[pratipaksho bhaved asya raudro beebhatsa eva cha ||9||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
adbhutasya suhṛd vīraḥ pañca śāntādayas tathā |
pratipakṣo bhaved asya raudro bībhatsa eva ca ||9||
The five primary rasas and vīra-rasa are favorable for adbhuta-rasa. Raudra and bībhatsa are unfavorable.

With the ecstasy of devotion in astonishment a mixture of chivalry or neutral love is compatible, whereas a mixture of anger or dread is always incompatible.

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

Here it is stated that the experience of raudra and bībhatsa obstruct the astonishment caused by experiencing something unusual (adbhuta-rasa). This however does not rule out the fact that feelings of anger or disgust in rasa are also causes for astonishment; for it is said rase sāraś camatkāraḥ: the essence of rasa (any rasa) is astonishment. [Note: rase sāraś camatkāraḥ sarvatrāpy anubhūyate | tac-camatkāra-sāratve sarvatrāpy adbhuto rasaḥ | tasmād adbhutam evāha kṛtī nārāyaṇo rasam || This is from a work of Dharmadatta, quoted in Sāhitya-darpaṇa.]

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