Verse Text
vibhāva-vairūpyam –
vaidagdhyaujjvalya-viraho vibhāvasya virūpatā |
latā-paśu-pulindīṣu vṛddhāsv api sa vartate ||18||
Translation
There is irregularity in the vibhāva (āśrayas) where there is lack of cleverness, suitability, good dress and purity. This irregularity is present in creepers, animals, the Pulinda women and old women.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Vaidagdhyaujjvalya-viraho (absence of cleverness and suitability) is not a complete list, being representative only, indicating the inappropriate qualities of elders and others for madhura-rati. The wives of the brāhmaṇas were considered irregular as vibhāvas for madhura-rasa because of being from superior brāhmaṇa families. The experience of bliss by the plants and creepers is only fancied to be madhura-rati. The devotees attribute madhura-rati to them, because they have very close association with the Lord. Elderly women are described as having madhura-rati just for joking. Therefore, because of the absence of actual madhura-rati, it is classed as rasābhāsa. The creepers do not have cleverness in loving affairs. The elderly women have the opposite of cleverness in loving affairs. Cleverness also does not manifest much in the Pulinda women. Thus absence of cleverness (vaidagdhya) has been singled out. Ujjvalyam refers to suitability by form or species. The absence of these qualities (sa) exists (vartate) in creepers, animals and old ladies.