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sonality of Godhead. As such, in the transcendental relationship of  sakhya rasa  there are three transcendental qualities: the sense of greatness, the sense of kinship, and the sense of intimacy without any impression of awe or veneration. Therefore, in the relationship of fraternity, one transcendental quality is further increased.
Similarly, in the status of paternal affection there are four qualities: above the three qualities already mentioned there is another sense of the devotee, that the Supreme Lord is dependent on the mercy of the devotee. As parent of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee also sometimes chastises the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and considers Him as maintained by such devotee. This transcendental sense of being the maintainer of the Supreme Maintainer is very much pleasing both to the devotee and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Lord instructed Srila Rupa Goswami to write the transcendental literature named  Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu , the Science of Devotional Service, indicating therein the substance of the five transcendental relationships. It is explained there how the transcendental quality of  santa rasa  in the shape of unflinching faith in Krishna, is further developed to the form of  dasya rasa  with the spirit of service, and then to  sakhya rasa  for undeterred fraternity, and can be still more developed in the transcendental flavor of paternal love, with the sense of maintaining the Lord. All culminates in the highest platform of conjugal love, wherein all the different transcendental relationships exist simultaneously.