Analysis of Mixed Rasas 398

become peace personified for Me. Because of Her I now go without
sleep. I stare constantly without blinking my eyes, and I am always
in a meditative mood. Because of Her I have even made My home in
the cave of a mountain!” This is an example of conjugal love mixed
with neutral love, but there is no incompatibility.

The following is a conversation consisting of questions put before
Rambha, a celebrated beautiful woman, and her corresponding an-
swers. Rambha was asked, “My dear Rambha, who are you?” She
answered, “I am peace personified.” Question: ‘Then why are you in
the sky?” Answer: “I am in the sky to experience the supreme abso-
lute truth.” Question: “Then why are you staring?” Answer: “Just
to look into the supreme beauty of the absolute truth.” Question:
“Then why do you appear to be disturbed in mind?” Answer: “‘Be-
cause Cupid is acting.” In the above example also there is no per-
verted representation of mellows because on the whole the ecstasy of
conjugal love has exceeded the neutral position of devotional service.

In the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, 60th Chapter, 44th
verse, Rukminidevi said, ““My dear husband, a woman who has no
taste for the transcendental pleasure available from Your personal
contact must be inclined to accept as her husband somebody who is
externally a combination of mustaches, beard, body hairs, fingernails
and some head hair. And within him there are muscles, bones, blood, |
intestinal worms, stools, mucus, bile, and similar things. Actually,
such a husband is only a dead body, but due to not being attracted
to Your transcendental form, a woman will have to accept this combi-
nation of stools and urine for her husband.” This statement, which
lists the ingredients of a material body, is not a perverted mellow in
transcendental realization because it shows correct discrimination be-
tween matter and spirit.

In the Vidagdha-madhava, second act, 42nd verse, Krsna tells His
friend, “My dear friend, what a wonderful thing it is that since I have
seen the beautiful lotus eyes of Srimati Radharani, I have developed
a tendency to spit on the moon and the lotus flower!” This is an
example of conjugal love mixed with ghastliness, but there is no in-
compatibility.

The following is a statement which describes different mellows of
