Chapter Two: The Nature and Scope of Madhura-rasa
Other stimulants
The other stimulants shown in the diagram are Krishna's smile, the fragrance of his limbs, his conch, and his footprints; his sacred places, tulasi, garments, and flute-bamboo; and other such things. The bamboo flute appears as veṇu, muralī, and vaṃśī.
External expressions of love for Krishna
The anubhāvas, or outward expressions, of love for Krishna are dancing, rolling upon the ground, singing, crying aloud, contorting the limbs, roaring, yawning, breathing heavily, indifference to public opinion, salivation, loud laughter, reeling, and hiccupping.
The eight sāttvika-bhāvas are paralysis, perspiration, horripilation, breaking of the voice, trembling, change of colour, tears, and collapse.
According to poetics, the enduring emotions are love, laughter, sorrow, anger, energy, fear, disgust, wonder, and detachment. According to the devotional treatises, the corresponding rasas are śṛṅgāra, comic, compassionate, furious, heroic, terrible, odious, marvellous, and peaceful.
The thirty-three transitory feelings are self-disparagement, despondency, humility, shame, exhaustion, intoxication, pride, apprehension, terror, agitation, madness, epilepsy, illness, delusion, death-like insensibility, indolence, torpor, embarrassment, concealment, remembrance, conjecture, deliberation, anxiety, understanding, fortitude, joy, eagerness, ferocity, indignation, envy, fickleness, sleepiness, sleep, and awakening.
Colours and presiding deities of the principal devotional rasas
| Devotional rasa | Governing disposition | Colour | Presiding deity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaceful (śānta) | tranquillity | white | Kapila |
| Affectionate service (prīta) | trusting devotion | variegated | Madhava |
| Friendship (preyas) | friendship | red | Upendra |
| Parental love (vātsalya) | tenderness | yellow | Narasimha |
| Sweet or conjugal (madhura) | lover and beloved | radiant | Krishna |