Rasarnavasudhakara 2.527.p2

2.527.p2

nanv evaṃ dakṣiṇādīnām api rāgasyābhāsatvam iti cet, na | dakṣiṇasya nāyakasya nāyikāsu anekāsu vṛtti-mātreṇaiva sādhāraṇyam | na rāgeṇa | tad ekasyām eva rāgasya prauḍhatvam | itarāsu tu madhyamatvaṃ mandatvaṃ ceti tad-anurāgasya nābhāsatā | atra tu avaiṣamyeṇa anekatra pravṛtter ābhāsatvam upapadyate |

[Objection:] If this is so, does not the love of the clever hero and others also become a semblance? We reply: No. In the case of the clever hero, his generality is merely by behaviour towards many heroines, not by love. For his love reaches maturity in only one [heroine], whereas towards the others it is moderate or slight; thus his affection is not a semblance. Here, however, because it proceeds towards multiple [women] without distinction, its status as a semblance is established.