Ujjvalanilamani 11.7

11.7

tathā hy uktaṃ (rasa-sudhākare 1.192)-
cittasyāvikṛtiḥ sattvaṃ vikṛteḥ kāraṇe sati |
tatrādyā vikriyā bhāvo bījasyādi-vikāravat //

For it is said (in the Rasasudhākara 1.192):
“Physical essence is the mind’s absence of alteration when a cause for alteration is present;
therein, the first alteration is bhāva, like the first sprout of a seed.”