Symptoms of Continuous Ecstasy
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are almost like Kṛṣṇa are considered to be great authorities in the modes of friendly relations with the Supreme Personality of God-head. On that friendly platform there are different kinds of laughing and joking conversations. An example of such a friendly relationship with Kṛṣṇa is described in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  when Kṛṣṇa was once thinking, “Today, while I was engaged in tending the cows in the pasturing ground of Vṛndāvana, I went to collect some flowers in a beautiful garden. At that time My friends, the cowherd boys, were unhappy even to tolerate a two-minute separation from Me. And, when they found Me, there was competition between us as to who would touch the other first with the flowers we had in hand.”
One friend criticized Kṛṣṇa thus: “My dear Dāmodara, although You have been defeated by Śrīdāmā and have become sufficiently minimized in strength, by a false expression of strength You have somehow covered Your shameful condition of defeat.”
Parenthood, or Superiority
When Mother Yaśodā heard that Kṛṣṇa’s cows were being forcibly moved by the strong servants of Kaṁsa and that the tender cowherd boys were trying to protect their cows, she began to think, “How can I protect these poor boys from the invasion of Kaṁsa’s servants?” This is an instance of a superior attitude in a devotee.
As soon as Mother Yaśodā found her son Kṛṣṇa returning from the pasturing ground, she immediately began to pat Him, touching her fingers to the cheeks of the Lord.