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Rāmānanda Rāya Instructs Pradyumna Miśra
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bhāvāḥ sarve tadābhāsā rasābhāsāś ca kecana amī proktā rasābhijñaiḥ sarve 'pi rasanād rasāḥ
A mellow temporarily appearing transcendental but contradicting mellows previously stated and lacking some of a mellow's necessities is called  rasābhāsa , an overlapping mellow, by advanced devotees who know how to taste transcendental mellows. Such mellows are called  uparasa  (submellows),  anurasa  (imitation transcendental mellows) and  aparasa  (opposing transcendental mellows). Thus the overlapping of transcendental mellows is described as being first grade, second grade or third grade. When the twelve mellows—such as neutrality, servitorship and friendship—are characterized by adverse  sthāyi-bhāva ,  vibhāva  and  anubhāva  ecstasies, they are known as  uparasa , submellows. When the seven indirect transcendental mellows and the dried up mellow of neutrality are produced by devotees and moods not directly related to  Kṛṣṇa  and devotional service in ecstatic love, they are described as  anurasa , imitation mellows. If  Kṛṣṇa  and the enemies who harbor feelings of opposition toward Him are respectively the object and abodes of the mellow of laughter, the resulting feelings are called  aparasa , opposing mellows. Experts in distinguishing one mellow from another sometimes accept some overlapping transcendental mellows ( rasābhāsa ) as  rasas  due to their being pleasurable and tasteful. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says,  paraspara-vairayor yadi yogas tadā rasābhāsaḥ : “When two opposing transcendental mellows overlap, they produce  rasābhāsa , or an overlapping of transcendental mellows.”
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অতএব প্রভু কিছু আগে নাছি শুনে। এই মর্যাদা প্রভু করিয়াছে নিয়মে ॥ ৯৮ ॥
ataeva prabhu kichu āge nāhi śune ei maryādā prabhu kariyāche niyame
SYNONYMS
ataeva —therefore;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kichu —anything;  āge —ahead;  nāhi śune —does not hear;  ei maryādā —this etiquette;  prabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kariyāche niyame —has made a regulative principle.
TRANSLATION
Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not hear anything before Svarūpa Dāmodara heard it first. The Lord made this etiquette a regulative principle.