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ADHYAYA II. In this chapter 477 defines and illustrates all the kinds of a together with all the constituents of Ta.
The first Sutra defines :___A स्थायीभाव fully developed by means of विभाव अनुभाव and व्यभिचारिभाव assumes the form of a रस.
As has been already said (in the first chapter ) TH, ma and all their varieties are always suggested; they are never directly expressed.
A Eyrata, as its name shows, is the inborn permanent emotion in the heart of every man. Such permanent emotions are regarded as being only eight. They are:
रतिहासश्च शोकश्च क्रोधोत्साही भयं तथा ।
जुगुप्सा विस्मयश्चेति स्थायिभावाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ This inborn emotion is, at the beginning, only in a dormant state but when it finds some object for its working and gets intensified by favourable circumstances, it gets fully developed and then attaining its zenith is termed a रस.
fahia is an object that helps in developing the स्थायिभाव. It is two-fold:-आलम्बनविभाव and उद्दीपनविभाव. (1) 8713347 faara, as the word signifies, is the object on which the emotion hangs, that is to say, is the object which serves as a field for the activity of that particular emotion.
To take a concrete instance : the emotion of fa (love) is an inborn and a permanent emotion in human heart. But unless it finds any object for its activity it never comes into prominence but lies dormant in the heart. Now suppose a young man
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