His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In the fourth division of his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Srila Rupa Goswami describes seven kinds of indirect ecstasies of bhakti, the sixth of which is dread. In explaining this indirect ecstasy in Nectar of Devotion, Srila Prabhupada writes:
After the Putana witch had been killed, some friends of Mother Yashoda inquired from her about the incident. Mother Yashoda at once requested her friends, “Please stop! Please stop! Don’t bring up the incident of Putana. I become distressed just by remembering this incident. The Putana witch came to devour my son, and she deceived me into letting her take the child on her lap. After that, she died and made a tumultuous sound with her gigantic body.”
— From chapter 48 of Nectar of Devotion.
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