Text 47] The Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura
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mellows— śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya  and  mādhurya . These  rasas  are all emanations from Kṛṣṇa. As described by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, the original mellow,  ādi-rasa , is conjugal love. Kṛṣṇa is the origin of pure and spiritual conjugal love.
TEXT 46
श्रीशुक उवाच
अथैवमीडितो राजन् सादरं त्रिदशैर्हरिः ।
स्वमुपस्थानमाकर्ण्य प्राह तानमिनन्दितः ॥४६॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
athaivam īḍito rājan
sādaraṁ tri-daśair hariḥ
svam upasthānam ākarṇya
prāha tān abhinanditaḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  atha —thereafter;  evam —in this way;  īḍitaḥ —being worshiped and offered obeisances;  rājan —O King;  sa-ādaram —with proper respect;  tri-daśaiḥ —by all the demigods from the higher planetary systems;  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  svam upasthānam —their prayer glorifying Him;  ākarṇya —hearing;  prāha —replied;  tān —unto them (the demigods);  abhinanditaḥ —being pleased.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King Parīkṣit, when the demigods offered the Lord their sincere prayers in this way, the Lord listened by His causeless mercy. Being pleased, He then replied to the demigods.
TEXT 47
श्रीभगवानुवाच
प्रीतोऽहं वः सुरश्रेष्ठा मदुपस्थानविद्यया ।
आत्मैश्वर्यस्मृतिः पुंसां भक्तिश्चैव यया मयि ॥४७॥