{"id":789,"date":"2008-09-29T13:23:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T07:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=789"},"modified":"2008-09-30T13:34:24","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T08:04:24","slug":"chapter-19-srimati-radharanis-madhur-bhaav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/how-to-realize-ras\/chapter-19-srimati-radharanis-madhur-bhaav\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 19 – Srimati Radharani’s madhur bhaav"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are the vy\u00e2bhich\u00e2ri bh\u00e2v <\/em>or passing moods of a devotee in madhur ras<\/em>? “A devotee expresses The 33 types of vy\u00e2bhich\u00e2ri bh\u00e2v<\/em> (such as nirved <\/em>etc.), other than ougra<\/em> and lethargy.\u201d \u2013 (B.R.S.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni manifests all the bh\u00e2vs<\/em> to the maximum extent and these bh\u00e2vs<\/em> make Her all the more attractive. For instance when Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni feels proud of Her good fortune, She reveals it in the following manner \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

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“Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni was feeling proud of Her good fortune. As a result She pretended to be so much engrossed in making a kundal,<\/em> that, as if She did not notice Govinda at all. Lalit\u00e2 told Her \u2013 Dear sakhi<\/em>, <\/span>this person, Hari, has forsaken all His sakh\u00e2s<\/em>, has disregarded even sweethearts such as Chandr\u00e2vali and He is standing at Your doorstep gazing fixedly at Your face alone ! On the other hand, You are smiling and continuing to be busy arranging a crocodile-shaped earring<\/span>1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> with jasmine flowers in a bunch of flowers! You are not glancing at Him even with the corner of Your eyes!\u201d \u2013 (U.N.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thus we see that how sweetly Ishwari expresses even pride, which is otherwise considered a negative quality. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A devotee\u2019s sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em> mingles with vibh\u00e2vs<\/em> such as these and transform into Madhur-bhakti-ras<\/em>. Again this madhur-ras <\/em>(also called Ujjwal-ras<\/em> or brilliant ras<\/em>) can be classified into two \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

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“sa vipralambhah sambhoga iti dwedhojjwalo matah.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meaning – “Madhur ras<\/em> or erotic ras <\/em>is categorized into two \u2013 vipralambha <\/em>(separation) and sambhog<\/em> (union).\u201d \u2013 (u>n>)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vipralambha<\/em> can be of 4 types \u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. purva-r\u00e2g<\/em> (before meeting)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. m\u00e2n<\/em> (love-quarrel)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. prem-vaichittya<\/span><\/em>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. prav\u00e2s<\/span><\/em>3<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    They enhance the ras <\/em>of union and we can relish them separately as \u2018ras<\/em>\u2019 also. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Let us relish an example of Purva-r\u00e2g ras<\/em>. The sakhis <\/em>saw Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni\u2019s extraordinary bh\u00e2v<\/em> during purva-r\u00e2g<\/em> and said \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n

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    “O R\u00e2dhe! You are coming and going constantly! And You are standing outside the threshold a hundred times! You seem so agitated and Your sighs are heavy \u2013 all You do is to glance at the Kadamba<\/em>-woods. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Oh r\u00e2i! Why are behaving so? <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Do You not fear the evil elders? What shall we do if they find out? <\/span><\/p>\n

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    You are so restless that You cannot even manage Your dupatt\u00e2<\/em>. While being seated, You suddenly get a start and Your robe falls off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    You are hardly in Your teens and moreover You are not a princess? In addition, You are a girl of prestigious ancestry! What desire do You wish to satisfy that You are stretching out Your hand so greedily? We cannot understand what game You are up to. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    We feel You are extending Your hand towards the moon. Poet Chandid\u00e2s says \u2013 I guess the \u2018Black-snare<\/span>4<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u2019 has captured You!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> This indicates that Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni is making the ear-ring solely for Her Beloved Sri Shy\u00e2msundar <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Even though her beloved may be near, the sweetheart is miserable since she is afraid of separation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    3<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Separation due to traveling.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    4<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> The snare of black-magic cast by the dark-complexioned Shy\u00e2msundar<\/span><\/p>\n

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    (to be contd…….)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    You are hardly in Your teens and moreover You are not a princess? In addition, You are a girl of prestigious ancestry! What desire do You wish to satisfy that You are stretching out Your hand so greedily? We cannot understand what game You are up to. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[93,49],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-realize-ras","tag-madhur","tag-ras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}