Permerted Expression of Mellows
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In the  Lalita-mādhava , Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says, “The wives of the  yajñic brāhmaṇas  were all young girls, and they were attracted to Kṛṣṇa in the same way as the  gopīs  of Vṛndāvana. Out of their attraction they distributed food to Kṛṣṇa.” Here the two devotional mellows are conjugal love and parental love, and the result is called  upa-rasa  in conjugal love.
One of the friends of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī told Her, “My dear friend Gāndharvikā [Rādhārāṇī], You were the most chaste girl in our village, but now You have divided Yourself and are partially chaste and partially unchaste. It is all due to Cupid’s influence upon You after You saw Kṛṣṇa and heard the sound of His flute.” This is another example of  uparasa  caused by divided interests in conjugal love.
According to some expert learned scholars, the feelings between lover and beloved create perverted reflections of mellows in many ways.
“The  gopīs  have become purified by Kṛṣṇa’s glance, and as such, Cupid’s influence is distinctly visible on their bodies.” Although in the material sense the glancing of a boy at a girl is a kind of pollution, when Kṛṣṇa threw His transcendental glance at the  gopīs , they became purified. In other words, because Kṛṣṇa is the absolute truth, any action by Him is transcendentally pure.
After Kṛṣṇa chastised the Kāliyanāga in the Yamunā River by dancing on his heads, the Kāliyanāga’s wives addressed Kṛṣṇa, “My dear cowherd boy, we are all only young wives of the Kāliyanāga, so why do you agitate our minds by sounding Your flute?” Kāliya’s wives were flattering Kṛṣṇa so that He would spare their husband. Therefore this is an example of  uparasa , or imitation.
One devotee said, “My dear Govinda, here is a nice flowery bush in Kailāsa. I am a young girl, and You are a young poetic boy. After this, what more can I say? You just consider.” This is an example of  uparasa , caused by impudency in conjugal love.
When Nārada Muni was passing through Vṛndāvana, he came to the Bhāṇḍīravana Forest and saw in one of the trees the famous parrot couple that always accompanies Lord Kṛṣṇa. The couple was imitating some discussion they heard upon the  Vedānta  philosophy, and