Fundamental cause of seva

[anadi]

 

According to the bhaktas who are well-versed in poems

and dramas related to BhagavAn, vibhAva and so on are the fundamental

cause of sevA (transcendental service).

 

Vibhava

- Alambana (that in which rati is tasted)

- Uddipana (that which stimulates rati)

 

Alambana

-Vishaya alambana (the object of rati—Krsna)

- Asraya alambana (the reservoir of rati—the devotee)

 

AnubhAva

Visible actions which illustrate the spiritual emotions situated within the heart (dancing, singing, and so on).

 

sAttvika-bhAva

Eight symptoms of spiritual ecstacy arising

exclusively from Suddha-sattva or in other words, when the

heart is overwhelmed by emotions in connection with mukhya-

rati or gauNa-rati.

 

vyabhicAri-bhAva

Thirty-three internal spiritual emotions which emerge from

the nectarine ocean of sthAyibhAva, cause it to swell, and

then merge back into that ocean.

 

Sri RUpa Gosvami has said that

KRSNa and His bhaktas, headed by His beloved consorts,

are the cause of rati as Alambana (viSaya and aSraya).

The sAttvika-bhAvas, such as becoming stunned (stambha),

are the activities of rati ,

and the saNcArI-bhAvas,

beginning with self-disparagement (nirveda),

are the assistants of rati .

 

When rasa awakens, the transformations are not called the

cause, the effect, or the assistant; rather, they are called vibhäva

and so on.

PaNDitas have given vibhAva its name because it implants

(vibhAva) in rati the qualification to become specifically relishable.

 

NRtya (dancing) and so on are called anubhAvas because they

illuminate (anubhAva) the implanted (vibhAvita) rati after they

have expanded it.

SAttvika-bhAvas are so called because they arouse sattva.

 

SaNcAri-bhAvas are those that make the implanted and

illuminated (vibhAvita and anubhAvita) rati charming in a variety

of ways by transmitting (saNcArita) the transitory bhAvas, such as

nirveda.

 

According to the bhaktas who are well-versed in poems

and dramas related to BhagavAn, vibhAva and so on are the fundamental cause of sevA (transcendental service).

 

Source: Jaiva Dharma - Rasa tattva- Mukya rati