That consciousness (a state of soul), which gets transformed in the form of Rāga (attachment) and Dveṣa (aversion) due to mental agitation for agreeable and disagreeable objects respectively.
svehāpūrveṣṭāniṣṭavikalparūpeṇa viśeṣarāgadveṣapariṇamanani karmacetanā.
(Bṛdrasaṃ Vṛ p. 39)