Rasarnavasudhakara 2.347.p2

2.347.p2

And he himself commented: "In a hero of the calm and playful type, who is affectionate by nature, affection, which is the durable emotional state, arises from the substantial determinant consisting of his beloved. Being stimulated by excitant determinants such as the beauty of the object, and commingled with emerging transitory emotional states such as resolve, firmness, and recollection, as well as consequents such as praise, it matures and is experienced as the affectionate aesthetic sentiment. And this very [affection] is accepted as the original root state of love and fond delight."
Now, this affection cannot be the original root state with respect to love, because it is impossible in the sprouting stage of love. For love is merely the desire for enjoyment. That very [love], intensified by the three preceding stages known as fondness, amour-propre, and intimate affection, attains in its fourth stage the form of affection, whose defining characteristic is the melting of the heart. And likewise in the Bhāvaprakāśikā: