Verse Text
tad uktam agni-purāṇe (alaṅkāra section, 3.35) –vibhāvyate hi raty-ādir yatra yena vibhāvyate |
vibhāvo nāma sa dvedhālambanoddīpanātmakaḥ ||15||
Translation
This is mentioned in the Agni Purāṇa (Alaṅkāra section, 3.35): Vibhāva refers to the two types of ālambana--the person in relation to whom the rati and other elements are experienced (viṣaya), the person in whom the rati and other elements are experienced (āśraya) and to uddīpana, the stimuli by which rati is experienced.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The devotees and the Lord in relation to whom rati is tasted (yatra vibhāvyate) are called the ālambana-vibhāva. Those elements by which rati is tasted (yena vibhāvyate) are called uddīpana-vibhāva.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Agni Purāṇa the description of vibhāva is given as follows: “The basis from which ecstatic love is born is called vibhāva, which is divided into two—basic and impelling.” In other words, there are two kinds of ecstatic love. The object of basic ecstatic love is Kṛṣṇa and His devotee. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the object of basic ecstatic love, and His pure devotee, a reservoir of such love, is the object of impelling ecstatic love. Impelling ecstatic love, then, is that love which develops when one sees an object which reminds him of Kṛṣṇa.