367 The Nectar of Devotion

Jatila, the mother of Abhimanyu, immediately believed that Krsna
was her own son and thus became very angry at her real son who
was coming home. She began to drive away her real son, who was
crying, “Mother! Mother! What are you doing?” Seeing this incident,
all the girl friends of Radharani, who were present there, began to
smile, and a portion of their teeth was visible. This is an instance of
hasita smiling.

When the teeth are distinctly visible in a smile, that is called vi-
hasita. One day when Krsna was engaged in stealing butter and yo-
gurt in the house of Jatila, He assured His friends, “‘My dear friends,
I know that this old lady is now sleeping very profoundly because
she is breathing very deeply. Let us silently steal butter and yogurt
without making any disturbance.” But the old lady, Jatila, was not
sleeping; so she could not contain her smiling, and her teeth im-
mediately became distinctly visible. This is an instance of vihasita
smiling.

In a state of smiling, when the nose becomes puffed and the eyes
squint, the smiling is called avahasita. Once, early in the morning
when Krsna returned home after performing His rasa dance, Mother
Yasoda looked upon Krsna’s face and addressed Him thus: “My dear
son, why do Your eyes look like they have been smeared with some
oxides? Have You dressed Yourself with the blue garments of Bala-
deva?”” When Mother Yasoda was addressing Krsna in that way, a
girl friend who was nearby began to smile with a puffed nose and
squinting eyes. This is an instance of avahasita smiling. The gopi
knew that Krsna had been enjoying the rasa dance and that Mother
Yasoda could not detect her son’s activities nor understand how He
had become covered with the gopis’ makeup. Her smiling was in the
avahasita feature.

When tears from the eyes are added to the smiling, and the shoul-
ders are shaking, the smile is called apahasita. When child Krsna was
dancing in response to the singing of the old maidservant Jaratt,
Narada was astonished. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who
controls all the movements of great demigods like Brahma and
others, was now dancing to the indications of an old maidservant.
Seeing this fun, Narada also began to dance, and his shoulders
