{"id":780,"date":"2008-09-29T13:08:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T07:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2008-09-29T17:30:47","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T12:00:47","slug":"chapter-15-what-are-the-ingresients-of-vatsalya-ras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/how-to-realize-ras\/chapter-15-what-are-the-ingresients-of-vatsalya-ras\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 15 &#8211; What are the ingresients of vatsalya ras ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">In this verse the ingredients of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras <\/em>are as follows \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vibh<\/span>\u00e2<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v<\/span><\/em><\/strong> \u2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v <\/em>\u2013 the devotee should have a passion called \u2018<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">v\u00e2tsalya<\/em>\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The subject of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras <\/em>\u2013 Sri Krishna and Baladev who are crawling.<!--more--><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The shelter of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras <\/em>\u2013 Mothers Yashod\u00e2 and Rohini.<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Uddipan<\/em> \u2013 what excite <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> \u2013 the childish age of Sri Krishna and Balar\u00e2m, sweet smile, childish pranks.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">Reactions of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> \u2013 the devotee caresses, pets, kisses the forehead and wipes the dust off His body<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The silent reactions of the devotee\u2013 tears, goose flesh, breasts overflowing with milk<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The passing moods of the devotee \u2013 joy, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">\u00e2veg<\/em>, eagerness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The Mah\u00e2jan has described Vrajeshwari Mother Yashod\u00e2\u2019s <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">v\u00e2tsalya ras <\/em>so sweetly \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">&#8220;Her heart burnt in anguish and torrential tears flowed from her eyes, while her heart was shattered in grief \u2013 how would He go to the woods (to graze the cattle)? Why, He didn\u2019t even know the house and its surroundings well till now! How could a mother bear such sorrow?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">O my dearest, O the darling of the Y\u00e2davs<\/span><a style=\"mso-footnote-id: ftn1;\" name=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"><span class=\"MsoFootnoteReference\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt;\"><span style=\"mso-special-character: footnote;\"><span class=\"MsoFootnoteReference\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800080;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">, is there no wealth at home that you should step in the woods? Let the other cowherd boys take the cattle. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">I have no one else to call my own and no support but You. You are my only darling, how can you bear to leave me and let my life be engulfed in darkness? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">You are only a suckling babe, and you want to go to the forest with the cows? How can I rest in peace at home? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: right;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">O my dear, Your body is as soft as butter \u2013 why, the sun will melt You and You will be finished!! The mere thought of this makes my heart tremble! The sun is soaring overhead and the mercury is rising high; it is pouring fire \u2013 how will my little one survive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The grasses are so huge \u2013 each one is like a spear! They will pierce your soft skin like anything! Your feet are like velvet flowers, how will You run when they enter Your feet? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: right;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">When the Gem of Gokul (Gokul-<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">mani<\/em>) heard His mother weep so pathetically, He tried to console her in so many ways \u2013 He said \u2013 Mother, please do not grieve, I have nothing to fear for after all, I have this Shekhar Roy (poet) to accompany me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">(to be contd&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"mso-element: footnote-list;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\"><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ftn1\" style=\"mso-element: footnote;\">\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><a style=\"mso-footnote-id: ftn1;\" name=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\"><span class=\"MsoFootnoteReference\"><span style=\"mso-special-character: footnote;\"><span class=\"MsoFootnoteReference\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #800080;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;\"> Cattle herdsmen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Her heart burnt in anguish and torrential tears flowed from her eyes, while her heart was shattered in grief \u2013 how would He go to the woods (to graze the cattle)? Why, He didn\u2019t even know the house and its surroundings well till now! 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