51 / Perverted Expression of Mellows

Rasabhasa, or incompatible mixtures of mellows, can be classified
as uparasa (false expression) anurasa (imitation) and aparasa (per-
verted or misrepresented mellows).

There is the following statement by an impersonalist who had just
seen Krsna: “When a person has passed completely from all con-
tamination of material existence, he relishes a transcendental bliss of
being established in trance. But as soon as I saw You, the original
Personality of Godhead, I experienced the same bliss.”” This perverted
reflection of mellows is called santa-uparasa, or a perverted reflection
of mixed impersonalism and personalism.

There is another statement as follows: “Wherever I am glancing I
simply see Your personality. Therefore I know You are the uncon-
taminated Brahman effulgence, the supreme cause of all causes. I
think there is nothing but You in this cosmic manifestation.” This is
another example of uparasa, or a perverted reflection of impersonal-
ism and personalism.

When Madhumangala, an intimate friend of Krsna, was dancing be-
fore Krsna in a joking manner, no one was paying attention to him,
and he jokingly said, ““My dear Lord, please be merciful upon me. I
am praying for Your mercy.” This is an example of uparasa in fra-
ternal affection and neutrality.

Karhsa once addressed his sister Devaki as follows: “My dear sister,
having seen your dear son Krsna, I think that He is so strong that He
can kill even wrestlers strong as the mountains. So I will have no
more anxieties about Him, even if He is engaged in a terrible fight.”
This is an instance of uparasa in a perverted reflection of parental
love.

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