381 The Nectar of Devotion

symptoms of anger can be divided into two parts: constitutional and
unconstitutional, or permanent and temporary symptoms. Some-
times great emotion, bewilderment, pride, frustration, illusion, im-
potence, jealousy, dexterity, negligence and signs of hard labor are
also manifest as unconstitutional symptoms.

In all these humors of ecstatic love, the feeling of anger is accepted
as the steady factor.

When Jarasandha angrily attacked the city of Mathura, he looked
at Krsna with sarcastic glances. At that time Baladeva took up His
plow weapon and gazed upon Jarasandha with colored eyes.

There is a statement in the Vidagdha-madhava wherein Srimati
Radharani, in an angry mood, addressed Her mother, Paurnamasi,
after she had accused Radharani of going to Krsna. “My dear moth-
er,” Radha declared, “what can I say to you? Krsna is so cruel that
He often attacks Me on the street, and if I want to cry out very loud-
ly, this boy with a peacock feather on His head immediately covers
My face so that I cannot cry. And if I want to go away from the scene
because I am afraid of Him, He will immediately spread His arms to
block My path. If I piteously fall down at His feet, then this enemy
of the Madhu demon, in an angry mood, bites My face! Mother, just
try to understand My situation, and don’t be unnecessarily angry with
Me. Instead, please tell Me how I can save Myself from these terrible
attacks of Krsna!”

Sometimes amongst contemporary personalities there are signs of
ecstasy in anger because of love for Krsna. An example of such anger
was exhibited in the quarrel between Jatila and Mukhara. Jatila was
the mother-in-law of Radharani, and Mukhara was Her great grand-
mother. Both of them were talking about Krgna’s unnecessary har-
rassment of Radharani when She was walking on the street. Jatila
said, “You cruel-faced Mukhara! By hearing your words my heart
feels like it is burning in a fire!” And Mukhara replied, “‘You sinful
Jatila, by hearing your words, there is aching in my head! You cannot
give any evidence that Krsna has attacked Radharani, the daughter of
my granddaughter Kirtida.”

Once, when Radharani was taking off the necklace given to Her by
Krsna, Jatila, her mother-in-law, told a friend: “My dear friend, just
