Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 229] The Lord Instructs Srila Riipa Gosvami 393salya-rasa and madhura-rasa. Although there is attachment for Krr;Ja in awe andveneration in the santa-rasa along with two valuable transcendental qualities-attachmentfor Krr;Ja and detachment from material desires-nonetheless the senseof intimacy is lacking. Therefore in the santa-rasa, attachment for impersonal Brahmanand localized Paramatma is prominent. The sense of intimacy is lacking. Bythat intimacy one thinks of Krr;Ja as one's only shelter and only friend. In the santa-rasaone accepts Krr;Ja as the impersonal Param Brahma or the localizedParamatma. This is based on the speculative knowledge of the jnani. However,when this knowledge is further developed, one is convinced that Paramatma, theSupreme Lord, is master and that the living entity is His eternal servant. One thenattains the platform of dasya-rasa. In dasya-rasa the Lord is accepted with aweand veneration. However, although in the santa-rasa there is no active service, inthe dasya-rasa active service is prominant. Thus in the dasya-rasa, the qualities ofsanta-rasa and service are predominantly visible. Similarly, when this same rasa isdeveloped into fraternity (sakhya-rasa), a friendly intimacy is added. There is noawe or veneration in the sakhya-rasa.The sakhya-rasa is invested with threequalities-santa, dasya, and sakhya. Similarly, on the platform of parental love, thequalities of santa-rasa and dasya-rasa are fully developed in another form-thesense of maintaining the Lord. Therefore on the platform of parental love thereexists a combination of four transcendental qualities-santa, dasya, sakhya, andthe qualities of paternity, which put the devotee in the position of a maintainer.Thus on the platform of parental love the four qualities of transcendental love arepresent.TEXT 229c; t'C 'Ci{ t'Ci{ I'-l5f' '1 ·95tfilt'111 IIse amrtanande bhakta saha (fubena apane'kr?Qa-bhakta-vasa' guf)a kahe aisvarya-jnani-gaf)eSYNONYMSse-that Lord Krr;Ja; amrta-anande-in spiritual happiness; bhakta-the devotee;saha-with; (fubena -plunges; apane-Himself; kr?Qa-Krr;Ja; bhaktavasa-ofbeing subjugated by the devotee; guf)a-the quality; kahe-say;aisvarya-jnani-gaf)e-learned scholars knowing the opulence of Krr;Ja.TRANSLATION"The exchange of spiritual happiness between Krr:Ja and His devotee, inwhich Krr:Ja is controlled by His devotee, is compared to an ocean of nectarinto which the devotee and Krr:Ja plunge. This is the verdict of learned scholarswho appreciate Krr:Ja's opulence.