Perverted Expression of Mellows 402

In the Lalita-madhava, Srila Ripa Gosvami says, “The wives of the
yajfiic brahmanas were all young girls, and they were attracted to
Krsna in the same way as the gopis of Vrndavana. Out of their at-
traction they distributed food to Krsna.” Here the two devotional
mellows are conjugal love and parental love, and the result is called
upa-rasa in conjugal love.

One of the friends of Srimati Radharani told Her, “My dear friend
Gandharvika [Radharani], You were the most chaste girl in our vil-
lage, but now You have divided Yourself and are partially chaste and
partially unchaste. It is all due to Cupid’s influence upon You after
You saw Krsna and heard the sound of His flute.”” This is another ex-
ample of uparasa caused by divided interests in conjugal love.

According to some expert learned scholars, the feelings between
lover and beloved create perverted reflections of mellows in many
ways.

“The gopis have become purified by Krsna’s glance, and as such,
Cupid’s influence is distinctly visible on their bodies.” Although in
the material sense the glancing of a boy at a girl is a kind of pollution,
when Krsna threw His transcendental glance at the gopis, they be-
came purified. In other words, because Krsna is the absolute truth,
any action by Him is transcendentally pure.

After Krsna chastised the Kaliyanaga in the Yamuna River by
dancing on his heads, the Kaliyanaga’s wives addressed Krsna, “My
dear cowherd boy, we are all only young wives of the Kaliyanaga, so
why do you agitate our minds by sounding Your flute?” Kaliya’s
wives were flattering Krsna so that He would spare their husband.
Therefore this is an example of uparasa, or imitation.

One devotee said, ““My dear Govinda, here is a nice flowery bush
in Kailasa. I am a young girl, and You are a young poetic boy. After
this, what more can I say? You just consider.” This is an example of
uparasa, caused by impudency in conjugal love.

When Narada Muni was passing through Vrndavana, he came to
the Bhandiravana Forest and saw in one of the trees the famous par-
rot couple that always accompanies Lord Krsna. The couple was imi-
tating some discussion they heard upon the Vedanta philosophy, and
