Parenthood 309

These are some of the signs of parental love for Krsna by His
mother, father and elderly persons. Symptoms of ecstatic love in
parental affection are expressed when Krsna is accepted as the son.
These constant transcendental emotions for Krsna are called steady
ecstasy in parental love.

Srila Riipa Gosvami states herein that according to some learned
scholars, the three kinds of transcendental mellow so far described—
namely, servitude, fraternity and parental affection—are sometimes
mixed up. For example, the fraternal feelings of Balarama are mixed
with servitude and parental affection. Similarly, King Yudhisthira’s
attraction for Krsna is also mixed with parental affection and servi-
tude. Similarly, the transcendental mellow of Ugrasena, Krsna’s
grandfather, is mixed with servitude and parental affection. The af-
fection of all the elderly gopis in Vrndavana is a mixture of parental
love, servitude and fraternity. The affection of the sons of Madri,
Nakula and Sahadeva, as well as the affection of sage Narada, is a
mixture of friendship and servitude. The affection of Lord Siva,
Garuda and Uddhava is a mixture of servitude and fraternity.
