Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 187]The lord Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami367nitas citte satarh pu?tirhrasa/:! preyanudiryate"According to one's original consciousness, ecstatic emotions are exhibited ascontinuously existing in eternity. When this stage of Krt:a consciousness ismature, it is called preyo-rasa or sakhya-bhakti-rasa."Vatsa/ya-bhakti-rasa is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (3.4.1) as follows:vibhavadyais tu vatsalyarhsthayi pu?tim upagata/:1e?a vatsa/a-namatraprokto bhakti-raso budhai/:1"When eternally existing love of Godhead transforms into paternal love and ismixed with corresponding emotions, that stage of spiritual existence is describedby learned devotees as vatsalya-bhakti-rasa."Madhura-bhakti-rasa is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (3.5.1) as follows:atmocitair vibhavadyai/:1pu?tirh nita satarh hrdimadhurakhyo bhaved bhaktiraso 'sau madhura rati/:1"If in accordance with one's own natural development in Krt:a consciousnessone's attraction leans toward conjugal love within the heart, that is called attachmentin conjugal love, or madhura-rasa."Similarly, hasya, adbhuta, vira, karuQa, raudra, bhaya and bibhatsa-the sevenindirect mellows-are explained in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. The hasya-bhakti-rasa,laughing devotion, is explained as follows (B.r.s. 4.1.6):vak?yamaQair vibhavadyai/:1pu?tirh hasa-ratir gatahasya-bhakti-raso namabudhair e?a nigadyate"When through devotional service a laughing attachment to Krt:a is developed, itis called hasya-bhakti-rasa by learned scholars."Similarly, adbhuta-rasa is described in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (4.2.1):atmocitair vibhavadyai/:1svadyatvarh bhakta-cetasisa vismaya-ratir nitadbhuto-bhakti-rasobhavet