49 / Mixing of Rasas

As already described, there are twelve different kinds of rasas, or ec-
static relationships which are shared with Krsna. Five of these rasas
are direct, and they are listed as neutrality, servitude, fraternal love,
parental love, and conjugal love. Seven of the rasas are indirect, and
they are listed as humor, astonishment, chivalry, compassion, anger,
dread and ghastliness. The five direct rasas are eternally manifested
in the Vaikuntha world, the spiritual kingdom, whereas the seven in-
direct rasas are eternally manifesting and unmanifesting in Gokula
Vrndavana, where Krsna displays His transcendental pastimes in the
material world.

Very often, in addition to one’s regular rasa, there is found the
presence of some other rasa, and the mixture of these loving humors
is sometimes compatible, or palatable, and sometimes incompatible,
or unpalatable. The following is a scientific analysis of the compati-
bility and incompatibility of the mixtures of these various rasas, or
loving moods.

When in the rasa of neutral love (Santa-rasa) there are found
traces of dread or astonishment, the result is compatible. When with
this neutral love there are manifestations of conjugal love, chivalry,
anger or dread, the result is incompatible.

When in the ecstasy of a serving humor, there are manifestations
of dread, neutral love, or chivalry (such as dharma-vira and dana-vira)
the result is compatible. The ecstasy of devotional service in chivalry
(yuddha-vira) and anger are directly produced by Krsna Himself.

With the ecstasy of fraternal love, a mixture of conjugal love,
laughter or chivalry is highly compatible. With the same fraternal

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