Love Stimuli and Support

prema uddīpanā ālambana ca
प्रेम उद्दीपना आलमवन च

atha uddīpanāḥ -
uddīpanās tu te proktā bhāvam uddīpayanti ye |
te tu śrī-kṛṣṇa-candrasya guṇāś ceṣṭāḥ prasādhanam ||2.1.301||
smitāṅga-saurabhe vaṁśa-śṛṅga-nūpura-kambavaḥ |
padāṅka-kṣetra-tulasī-bhakta-tad-vāsarādayaḥ ||2.1.302||

"Things that nourish the bhāva of the practitioner are called uddīpanas or stimuli.
These are things such as Kṛṣṇa's qualities, pastimes, decorations,
His smile, the fragrance of His body,
His flute, horn anklets, conch, footprints,
His dhāma, tulasī, devotees and festival days such as Janmāṣṭamī and Ekādaśī."

tatra guṇāḥ -
guṇās tu trividhāḥ proktāḥ kāya-vāṅ-mānasāśrayāḥ ||2.1.303||

"Qualities are of three types: bodily, mental and verbal."

tatra kāyikāḥ -
vayaḥ-saundarya-rūpāṇi kāyikāmṛdutādayaḥ ||2.1.304||

"Bodily qualities are age, beauty, His forms and things like softness of body."

guṇāḥ svarūpam evāsya kāyikādyā yadapy amī |
bhedaṁ svīkṛtya varṇyante tathāpy uddīpanā iti ||2.1.305||

"Though these bodily qualities are included in Kṛṣṇa's svarūpa, accepting them as separate from the svarūpa, they are called uddīpanas."

atas tasya svarūpasya syād ālambanataiva hi |
uddīpanatvam eva syād bhūṣaṇādes tu kevalam ||2.1.306||

"The form of Kṛṣṇa is the ālambana. His ornaments, age and other items act as uddīpanā."

eṣām ālambanatvaṁ ca tathoddīpanatāpi ca ||2.1.307||

"His qualities, however, act as both ālambana and uddīpana."