Text 98] Ramananda Raya Instructs Pradyumna Misra 165
bhavah sarve tadabhasa
rasdbhasas ca kecana
ami prokta rasabhijfaih
sarve ‘pi rasanad rasah
A mellow temporarily appearing transcendental but contradicting mellows pre-
viously stated and lacking some of a mellow’s necessities is called rasdbhdsa, an
overlapping mellow, by advanced devotees who know how to taste transcen-
dental mellows. Such mellows are called uparasa (submellows), anurasa (imitation
transcendental mellows) and aparasa (opposing transcendental mellows). Thus
the overlapping of transcendental mellows is described as being first grade, sec-
ond grade or third grade. When the twelve mellows—such as neutrality, servitor-
ship and friendship—are characterized by adverse sthayi-bhava, vibhava and
anubhava ecstasies, they are known as uparasa, submellows. When the seven in-
direct transcendental mellows and the dried up mellow of neutrality are produced
by devotees and moods not directly related to Krsna and devotional service in
ecstatic love, they are described as anurasa, imitation mellows. If Krsma and the
enemies who harbor feelings of opposition toward Him are respectively the ob-
ject and abodes of the mellow of laughter, the resulting feelings are called aparasa,
opposing mellows. Experts in distinguishing one mellow from another sometimes
accept some overlapping transcendental mellows (rasabhdsa) as rasas due to their
being pleasurable and tasteful. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says,
paraspara-vairayor yadi yogas tadd rasdbhdsah: “When two opposing transcen-
dental mellows overlap, they produce rasdbhdsa, or an overlapping of transcen-
dental mellows.”
TEXT 98
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ataeva prabhu kichu age nahi sune
ei marydda prabhu kariyache niyame
SYNONYMS
ataeva—therefore; prabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kichu—anything;
age—ahead; nahi sune—does not hear; ei maryddd—this etiquette; prabhu—Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kariyache niyame—has made a regulative principle.
TRANSLATION
Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would not hear anything before
Svaripa Damodara heard it first. The Lord made this etiquette a regulative
principle.
