BRS 2.5.121

BRS 2.5.121

Verse Text

pūrtiḥ śānte vikāśas tu prītādiṣv api paṣcasu | vīre ’dbhute ca vistāro vikṣepaḥ karuṇograyoḥ | bhayānaka ’tha bībhatse kṣobho dhīrair udāhṛtaḥ ||121||

Translation

The learned say that pūrti (satisfaction) is manifested in śānta-rasa, vikāśa (brightness) is manifest in all the rasas from prīti to hāsya, vistāra (expansion) is manifest in vīra-rasa and adbhuta-rasa, vikṣepa (distraction) is manifest in karuṇa-rasa and raudra-rasa, and kṣobha (disturbance) is manifest in bhayānaka-rasa and bībhatsa-rasa.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Paṣcasu here means the rasas from prīti to hāsya. Ugra here means raudra-rasa.

Purport (Nectar of Devotion)

In the devotional service of neutrality there is sustenance, in chivalrous devotional service there is expansion, in compassionate devotional service there is reflection, in angry devotional service there is lamentation, and so on.