Verse Text
sarve hi sattva-mūlatvād bhāvā yadyapi sāttvikāḥ |
tathāpy amīṣāṁ sattvaika-mūlatvāt sāttvika-prathā ||61||
Translation
All the anubhāvas could be called sāttvika, since their root is a transformation of the mind arising from rati. [Note: This transformation of the mind by rati is called sattva.] However, since the eight states just mentioned, beginning with stambha, arise solely from transformations arising from rati, they are called sāttvika-bhāvas.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Here bhāvāh refers specifically to the anubhāvas (in reference to verse 2.3.2 [Note: The commentary on that verse is as follows: In this definition, it should be understood that transformations arising from sattva (sattvād asmāt samutpannā) should really mean transformations arising solely from sattva. That is because the anubhāvas such as dancing also arise from sattva (heart overwhelmed by rati), but in combination with the intelligence. The sāttvika-bhāvas like being stunned arise from sattva alone, with no help from the intelligence.] which arise from sattva (transformations due to rati.) That verse is further explained in this verse. Stambha etc. (amīṣām) are known as sāttvika-bhāvas (sāttvika-prathā) because of having only sattva as their cause.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Degrees of Ecstatic Symptoms
Out of the many ecstatic symptoms of the body, the symptom of being stunned is especially significant.