Verse Text
bhāvānāṁ kvacid utpatti-sandhi-śābalya-śāntayaḥ |
daśāś catasra etāsām utpattis tv iha sambhavaḥ ||232||
Translation
Sometimes four stages are seen in the manifestation of vyabhicāri-bhāvas: appearance, conjunction, conflict and disappearance. Appearance (utpatti) means the initial manifestation of the vyabhicāri-bhāva.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
The symptoms of ecstatic love are sometimes grouped under four headings—namely generation, conjunction, aggregation and satisfaction.