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contradictory feelings is called  rasābhāsa . When there is  rasābhāsa  in any book of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, no learned scholar or devotee will accept it.
In the  Vidagdha-mādhava , second act, verse 29, Paurṇamāsī tells Nāndīmukhī: “Just see how wonderful it is! Great sages meditate upon Kṛṣṇa after being relieved from all material transactions, and with great difficulty they try to situate Kṛṣṇa in their hearts. And opposed to this, this young girl is trying to withdraw her mind from Kṛṣṇa so she can apply it in the material activities of sense gratification. What a regrettable thing it is that this girl is trying to drive away from her heart the same Kṛṣṇa who is sought after by great sages through severe austerities and perseverance!” Although in this statement there are contradictory mellows of ecstatic devotion, the result is not incompatible because conjugal love is so elevated that it is defeating all other varieties of mellows. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī comments in this connection that such a loving state of mind is not possible for all. It is only possible in the case of the  gopīs  of Vṛndāvana. There are many other instances of contradictory mellows where there is no perverted experience of  rasābhāsa .
Once some minor demigod of the heavenly planets remarked: “Kṛṣṇa, whose joking words were once the source of so much laughter for the residents of Braja, has now been attacked by the serpent king, Kāliya, and He has become the object of everyone’s overwhelming lamentation!” In this instance there is a mixture of laughter and compassion, but there is no incompatibility because by both of these  rasas  the loving affection for Kṛṣṇa is increased.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was once told that although She had stopped all activities, She was still the supreme source of inspiration for all kinds of devotional service. The statement says, “My dear Rādhārāṇī, in separation from Kṛṣṇa You are now as still as the most beautiful tree, whose gracefulness is not blocked by any covering of leaves. Your tranquil mood makes You appear to be completely merged in  Brahman  realization!” In this example there is a mixture of conjugal love and neutral love, but the conjugal love has surpassed everything. Actually,  Brahman  realization is only a stunted existence. There is the following statement by Kṛṣṇa Himself: “Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī has