Analysis of Mixed Rasas 396

There is the following statement by a gopi: “My dear Krsna, the
first thing You should do is just embrace me with Your strong arms.
Then, my dear friend, I shall first smell Your head, and then I shall
enjoy with You.” This is an example of incompatibility in which
conjugal love is the whole and servitorship is the part.

One devotee said, ““My dear Krsna, how can I address You as my
son when You are addressed by the great Vedantists as the absolute
truth and by the Vaisnavas who follow the principles of Narada-
pajicaratra as the Supreme Personality of Godhead? You are the same
Supreme Person, so how shall my tongue be so extraordinarily bold
as to address You as an ordinary son?” In this statement there is a
mixture of neutrality and parental love, and the result is incom-
patible.

Another devotee said, “‘My dear friend, my youthful beauty is as
temporary as lightning in the sky, and therefore, my possessing at-
tractive bodily features is unimportant. I have never met Krsna, so I
request you to please arrange for my meeting Him immediately.” In
this statement there is the incompatibility of a neutral mellow mixed
with conjugal love.

A lusty woman in Kailasa once told Krsna: “My dear Krsna, may
You have a long life!” Then, after saying this, she embraced Krsna.
This is an example of incompatibility resulting from a mixture of
parental love and conjugal love.

The purpose of the above analysis is to show that in the mixture
of various mellows, or reciprocations of ecstatic love between Krsna
and the devotees, if the result is not pure, there will be incompati-
bility. According to the opinion of stalwart devotees like Riipa Go-

svami, as soon as there are contradictory feelings, the result is in-
compatible.

Once an ordinary female devotee addressed Krsna, “‘My dear boy,
I know that my body is just a composition of flesh and blood and
can never be enjoyable to You. But still, I have been so attracted by
Your beauty that I wish that You accept me as Your conjugal lover.”
In this statement there is incompatibility caused by a mixture of
ghastliness and conjugal love in devotional service.

Srila Ripa Gosvami warns devotees to not commit such incompati-
bilities in their writings or in their dealings. The presence of such
