399 The Nectar of Devotion

devotional service: “Although Krsna was invincible to any enemy,
the cowherd boys of Vrndavana became almost blackish with aston-
ishment upon seeing His wonderful royal garments and His fighting
feats on the battlefield of Kuruksetra.” In this statement, although
there is a mixture of chivalrous activities and astonishment in devo-
tional service, there is no perverted reflection of mellows.

One resident of Mathura requested her father to bolt the doors
and then go with her to the school of Sandipani Muni to find Krsna.
She complained that Krsna had completely stolen her mind. In this
incident there is a mixture of conjugal love and parental love, but
there is no incompatibility.

A brahmanandi (impersonalist) expressed his desire as follows:
“When shall I be able to see that supreme absolute Personality of
Godhead who is eternal bliss and knowledge, and whose chest has be-
come smeared with red kunkum powder by touching the breast of
Rukmini?” Here there is a mixture of conjugal love and neutrality.
Although this is a contradiction of mellows, there is no incompati-
bility because even a brahmanandi will become attracted to Krsna.

Nanda Maharaj told his wife, ““My dear Yagoda, although your son,
Krsna, is as delicate and soft as the mallika flower, He has gone to
kill the Kegi demon, who is as strong as the mountain. Therefore I
have become a little disturbed. But never mind, all auspiciousness to
my son! IJ shall raise this hand which is as strong as a pillar, and I shall
kill the Kesi demon, just to give freedom from all anxieties to the in-
habitants of Brajamandala!” In this statement there are two kinds of
mellows: chivalry and dread. Both of them, however, improve the
position of parental love, and therefore there is no incompatibility.

In the Lalita-madhava of Srila Rupa Gosvami it is stated, “After
Krsna’s arrival in Kamsa’s arena, Kamsa’s priest looked at Krsna with
a detestful expression. The entire arena was filled with dread on the
part of Karsa and his priest and restless expressions of pleasure on
the cheeks of Krsna’s friends. Frustration was felt by His envious
rivals. The great sages meditated. Hot tears were in the eyes of
Devaki and other motherly ladies, and hairs stood on the bodies of
the expert warriors. There was astonishment in the hearts of demi-
gods such as Indra. The servants danced, and the restless eyes of all
