33 / Conjugal Affection
Above even the humor of love between Krṣṇa and His parents is the relationship of conjugal love. This is exhibited between the Lord and the young  gopīs  in different ways—glancing, moving the eye-brows, speaking very sweet words, and exchanging smiles.
There is a statement in  Govinda-vilāsa  to this effect: “Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was looking for Kṛṣṇa very anxiously and almost disappointedly.” When there is such indirect expression of conjugal love, there is smiling, astonishment, enthusiasm, lamentation, anger, dread and sometimes ghastliness. These seven exchanges of conjugal love form another state of ecstatic love.
In a direct relationship of conjugal love, there is laughter, astonishment, chivalry, lamentation, anger and dread, but there is no ghastliness. These expressions are considered to be the great reservoirs of pleasure. When these seven kinds of ecstatic loving exchanges are manifested, they attain the status of steadiness by which the taste of conjugal love expands.
Laughter
After He had stolen some curd from the pots of two  gopīs , Kṛṣṇa told one of His  gopī  friends: “My dear beautiful friend, I can take oath that I have not stolen even a drop of curd from your pot! But still, your friend, Rādhārāṇī, is very shamelessly smelling the flavor of My mouth. Kindly forbid Her from this devious policy of putting Her face near Mine.” When Kṛṣṇa was speaking like this, the friends of Rādhārāṇī could not check their laughter. This is an instance of ecstasy in conjugal love.
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