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tional service as follows. When Krsna was holding up Govardhan Hill
with His left hand, His hairs became scattered all over His shoulders,
and He appeared to be perspiring. When Mother Yagoda saw this
scene, she began to tremble. Then, as she stared at the scene with
broadened eyes, she saw Krsna begin to exhibit varieties of facial
caricatures. Mother Yasoda then became very happy and began to
smile. Then again, when she thought that Krsna was holding up the
hill for such an extremely long time, her clothes became soaked with
perspiration. May Mother Yasoda Brajeévari protect the whole uni-
verse by her infinite mercy! In this example, the whole is parental
love, and the part is dread, wonder, laughter, compassion, ete.

There is an example of a mixture of conjugal love and fraternal af-
fection when Srimati Radharani said, “My dear friends, just see how
Krsna is resting His hand on the shoulder of Subala, who is dressed
up just like a young girl! I think He must be sending some message to
Me through Subala. The purport is that the superiors of Radharant
do not like Krsna or His cowherd friends to associate with Her; there-
fore these friends sometimes clothe themselves in female dress so
they can give Radharani a message from Krsna. In this example the
whole is conjugal love and the part is fraternity.

The following is an example of a mixture of conjugal love and
laughter in devotional service: Krsna, in the dress of a young girl,
told Radharani, “Oh, You hard-hearted girl! Don’t You know that I
am Your sister? Why are You unable to recognize Me? Be merciful
upon Me and please capture My shoulders and embrace Me with
love!” While Krsna was dressed up exactly like Radharani, He was
speaking these nice words, and Srimati Radharani could understand
His purpose. But because She was in front of many of Her superiors,
She simply smiled and did not say anything. In this instance, the
ecstasy of conjugal love is taken as the whole, and the ecstasy of
laughter is taken as the part.

The following illustrates a mixture of several feelings. When one of
the consort friends of Candravali saw that Krsna was preparing to
fight with the Vrsasura demon, she began to think: ““How wonderful
Krsna is! His mind is captivated by the eyebrows of Candravali in a
smiling spirit, His snake-like arms are on the shoulder of His friend,
