Text 7.139

रसस्य यथा, तां वीक्स्य मृग-शावाक्षीं हरेः कोऽप्य् अभवद् रसः. अत्र रस-शब्दः. शृङ्गारे मानसं मग्नं विलोक्य विधु-मण्डलम्. अत्र शृङ्गार-शब्दश् च. आस्वादादि-परत्वे तु रसादि-शब्दा न दोषाय. तेन स-रसो रसिकः शृङ्गारित इत्य् आदि.

rasasya yathā, tāṃ vīksya mṛga-śāvākṣīṃ hareḥ ko'py abhavad rasaḥ. atra rasa-śabdaḥ. śṛṅgāre mānasaṃ magnaṃ vilokya vidhu-maṇḍalam. atra śṛṅgāra-śabdaś ca. āsvādādi-paratve tu rasādi-śabdā na doṣāya. tena sa-raso rasikaḥ śṛṅgārita ity ādi.

(2) This is an example of mentioning a rasa by name: “Seeing that fawn-eyed woman, Hari had some particular rasa.” Here the word rasa is faulty (if the word rasa is meant to be used in a technical sense, such as śṛṅgāra). In the following example, the word śṛṅgāra is faulty: “The mind becomes immersed in śṛṅgāra upon beholding the moon.” However, the word rasa is not faulty when its meaning is ‘relishment’, and so on. Examples are sarasa (handsome) and rasika (stylish enjoyer; one who delights in) (lit. one who has good taste). The same applies to other words, such as śṛṅgāra (elegant dress, etc.). The term śṛṅgārita (embellished, adorned) (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 2.1.353) is not faulty.