प्रीत्यप्रीतिविषादात्मकाः प्रकाशप्रवृत्तिनियमार्थाः ।अन्योऽन्याभिभवाश्रयजननमिथुनवृत्तयश्च गुणाः ॥१२॥

prītyaprītiviṣādātmakāḥ prakāśapravṛttiniyamārthāḥ ।anyo’nyābhibhavāśrayajananamithunavṛttayaśca guṇāḥ ॥12॥

Prīti-pleasure; aprīti=pain; viṣād=dullness, dejection; ātmakāḥ=of the nature of; prakāśa=illumination; pravṛtti=action, movement; niyama=restraint; arthāḥ=for the purpose of; anyo’nya=mutual; abhibhava=dominance; āśraya=dependence; janana=production; mithuna=cooperation; vṛttayaḥ=nature; ca=and; guṇāḥ=the three gunas

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