{"id":791,"date":"2008-09-29T13:26:55","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T07:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2008-09-29T17:28:35","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T11:58:35","slug":"chapter-20-what-are-the-ingredients-of-madhur-ras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/how-to-realize-ras\/chapter-20-what-are-the-ingredients-of-madhur-ras\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 20 &#8211; What are the ingredients of madhur ras?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">Now let us study the various ingredients of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> (such as <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vibh\u00e2v<\/em> etc.) in the above situation. We remember that <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vibh\u00e2v<\/em> comprises of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em>, the subject of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em>, the shelter of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> and what excites <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras.<\/em> They are as follows \u2013 <!--more--><\/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: l2 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 <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Madhur rati<\/em> called \u2018<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vipralambha\u2019<\/em> (separation)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the subject of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> \u2013 Sri Krishna Who is the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">dheer-lalit<\/em><\/span><\/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;\"> lover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The shelter of love \u2013 Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni Who is in the stage of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Purva-r\u00e2g<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Uddipan<\/em> (What excites<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"> ras<\/em>) \u2013 the sight of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Kadamba-<\/em>trees.<\/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;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Anubh\u00e2v<\/em> (the visible reaction of the devotee in this <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em>) \u2013 coming in and out of the house repeatedly.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">S\u00e2tvik<\/em> (not-so-visible reactions) \u2013 tears, turning pale.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Sanch\u00e2ri<\/em> (passing moods) \u2013 <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">\u00e2veg<\/em>, depression, stress.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The Mah\u00e2jan has drawn a very clear picture of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">madhur-ras<\/em> during the separation called \u2018<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">prav\u00e2s<\/em>\u2019 \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;New flowers blossomed in the woods and the flower-groves, while the she-cuckoo sang on the top of her voice, oh my!<\/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 sweet <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">chandan<\/em>-scented breeze is blowing while the frost has receded to the mountain tops; yet my Beloved has not returned home \u2013 oh dear!<\/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 moon is scorching my <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">chandan<\/em>-like body more than sun ever does, while the honey bees sing in the garden. The spring has arrived, yet my sweetheart remains far \u2013 what can I do if fate has turned against me?<\/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 gaze transfixed at K\u00e2nu\u2019s face, yet my eyes are not quenched. My poor heart must indeed be like a rock &#8211; otherwise how can it continue to suffer like this when the time is so happy?<\/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;\">Day by day I am drying up like a fragile lotus-bud in the snow \u2013 I don\u2019t know where it all will end. Poet Vidy\u00e2pati says \u2013 shame! Oh shame on such a life! M\u00e2dhav\u2019s conduct is the height of cruelty!\u201d<\/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<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"> vibh\u00e2vs<\/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<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: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">madhur-rati<\/em> called separation due to \u2018<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">prav\u00e2s<\/em>\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The subject (<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vishay<\/em>) of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> \u2013 Sri Krishna Who has gone to Mathur\u00e2.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The shelter of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> \u2013 <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Virahini<\/em> Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Uddipan<\/em> \u2013 the spring season, the song of the cuckoo, sweet-scented breeze, humming of the bees, moonlit night.<\/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;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Anubh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 crying loudly, not caring what others will think.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">S\u00e2tvik bh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 tears, shivering, paleness, fainting.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Sanch\u00e2ri bh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 indifference, depression, humility, eagerness, lunacy, illusion.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">Let us relish <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">sambhog-ras<\/em> in brief.<\/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;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8;\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;\">Sambhog-ras<span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">He caught her hand, eager to make love. They locked hands, gazing into each other\u2019s eyes with passion.<\/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;\">He was adamant and wanted to touch Her body &#8211; he was so full of desire. But r\u00e2i shook Her head in refusal. She said, &#8220;No, no.\u201d R\u00e2i was displaying a novel mood of passion<\/span><a style=\"mso-footnote-id: ftn2;\" name=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\"><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>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">, whereas Shy\u00e2m was advancing in the mood of an elephant-at-war. She was hesitating to return the kiss, and closed Her eyes, yet when He drank the nectar of Her lips, She moaned. <\/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;\">When His nails dug into Her, my Precious R\u00e2i gave a start, and a current ran across Her body just when He bit Her softly. She started prattling in a choked voice. She forgot Herself completely and craziness swept over Her. Just then She controlled Herself and stopped being generous. Says poet Gobinda d\u00e2s \u2013 this is the limit of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em>!\u201d<\/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;\">What are the ingredients of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras <\/em>here?<\/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 <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vibh\u00e2vs<\/em> \u2013 <\/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 lfo3;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Sth\u00e2yi-bh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">madhur-rati<\/em> called <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">sambhog<\/em> (union)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The subject of <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> \u2013 Sri Krishna Who is <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">dheer-lalita<\/em> lover, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vidagdha<\/em> and at the threshold of youth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">The shelter of love \u2013 sweet, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vidagdha<\/em>, the crest-jewel of all experts at love-making \u2013 Srimati R\u00e2dh\u00e2r\u00e2ni, Who has come of age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Uddipan<\/em> \u2013 the love-grove, humming of the bees etc.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Anubh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 pulling the veil on the face, arching the body.<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">S\u00e2tvik<\/em> <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">bh\u00e2v<\/em> \u2013 choking of the voice, goose flesh etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; tab-stops: 91.65pt;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Sanch\u00e2ri<\/em> \u2013 bashfulness, surge of emotion, fear (that someone will come to know).<\/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<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: normal; font-family: Verdana;\">Thus we see how the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vibh\u00e2v<\/em>, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">anubh\u00e2v<\/em>, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">s\u00e2tvik<\/em> and <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">sanch\u00e2ri<\/em> <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">bh\u00e2vs<\/em> are like fragrant blossoms that have mingled with <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">madhur-rati<\/em> and formed <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">sambhog-ras<\/em>, like a sweet bouquet. When we, the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">s\u00e2dhak<\/em>-devotees, relish such wonderful poems that contain the<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"> ras<\/em> of a Vraja-<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">b\u00e2l\u00e2\u2019s<\/em> feelings, this sweetness is transmitted through us. Then we also feel blessed to relish the delectable <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">sambhog<\/em>&#8211;<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">ras<\/em> of Sri Sri R\u00e2dh\u00e2 -M\u00e2dhav.<\/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; tab-stops: 22.9pt center 207.7pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 26pt; font-family: &quot;Old English Text MT&quot;;\"><span style=\"mso-tab-count: 2;\"> <\/span>* <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 26pt; font-family: Action Is,Shaded JL;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Jay Sri RAdhe<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 26pt; font-family: &quot;Old English Text MT&quot;;\"> *<strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"mso-element: footnote-list;\">\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\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;\"> A lover who is <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">vidagdha<\/em>, youthful, witty, free of any tension, and is usually subjugated by His sweetheart. Sri Krishna is a perfect example of this <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">bh\u00e2v<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn2\" style=\"mso-element: footnote;\">\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><a style=\"mso-footnote-id: ftn2;\" name=\"_ftn2\" href=\"#_ftnref2\"><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>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;\"> By adopting a defensive attitude<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was adamant and wanted to touch Her body &#8211; he was so full of desire. But r\u00e2i shook Her head in refusal. She said, &#8220;No, no.\u201d R\u00e2i was displaying a novel mood of passion<sup>2<\/sup>, whereas Shy\u00e2m was advancing in the mood of an elephant-at-war. 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