{"id":34999,"date":"2023-01-03T00:17:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T04:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=34999"},"modified":"2023-01-02T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T14:15:14","slug":"five-rasa-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/five-rasa-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Five rasa &#8211; 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"title\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">There are five transcendental rasas, or mellows. The initial stage is called santa-rati, wherein one who is liberated from material contamination appreciates the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"tagline\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">From Vaniquotes<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"siteSub\" class=\"subtitle\">\u00a0<\/h5>\n<div id=\"contentSub\" class=\"clear_both\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"mw-bodytext\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n<div id=\"compilation\">\n<div id=\"facts\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Expressions researched:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"terms\" style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;There are five transcendental rasas, or mellows. The initial stage is called santa-rati, wherein one who is liberated from material contamination appreciates the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"toc\">\n<div class=\"toctitle\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Contents<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vaniquotes.org\/wiki\/There_are_five_transcendental_rasas,_or_mellows._The_initial_stage_is_called_santa-rati,_wherein_one_who_is_liberated_from_material_contamination_appreciates_the_greatness_of_the_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead#Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Other Books by Srila Prabhupada<\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toclevel-2\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vaniquotes.org\/wiki\/There_are_five_transcendental_rasas,_or_mellows._The_initial_stage_is_called_santa-rati,_wherein_one_who_is_liberated_from_material_contamination_appreciates_the_greatness_of_the_Supreme_Personality_of_Godhead#Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"tocnumber\">1.1<\/span> <span class=\"toctext\">Teachings of Lord Caitanya<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada\" class=\"section\">\n<h2><span id=\"Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Other Books by Srila Prabhupada<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya\" class=\"sub_section\">\n<h3><span id=\"Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Teachings of Lord Caitanya<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"TLC1_0\" class=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"heading\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">There are five transcendental rasas, or mellows. The initial stage is called \u015b\u0101nta-rati, wherein one who is liberated from material contamination appreciates the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who attains this stage does not exactly engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, for this is the neutral stage.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"link\" style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a class=\"extiw\" title=\"vanisource:TLC 1\" href=\"https:\/\/vanisource.org\/wiki\/TLC_1?hl=There%20are%20five%20transcendental%20rasas,%20or%20mellows.%20The%20initial%20stage%20is%20called%20%C5%9B%C4%81nta-rati,%20wherein%20one%20who%20is%20liberated%20from%20material%20contamination%20appreciates%20the%20greatness%20of%20the%20Supreme%20Personality%20of%20Godhead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The ecstasy of transcendental love has two components\u2014the context and the cause of the excitement. The context is also divided into two parts\u2014the subject and the object. The exchange of devotional service is the subject, and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is the object. His transcendental qualities are the causes of excitement. This means that a devotee who becomes enamored by the transcendental qualities of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a becomes excited to serve Him. The impersonal (M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012b) philosophers say that the Absolute Truth is nirgu\u1e47a, &#8220;without qualities,&#8221; but the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava philosophers say that the Absolute Truth is described as nirgu\u1e47a because He has no material qualities. This is not to say that He has no spiritual qualities. Indeed, the Lord&#8217;s spiritual qualities are so great and so enchanting that even liberated persons become attracted to Him. This is explained in the \u0101tm\u0101r\u0101ma verse of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam (1.7.10), where it is said that those who are already situated on the platform of self-realization are attracted by the transcendental qualities of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. This means that K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a&#8217;s qualities are not material but are pure and transcendental.The highest stage of ecstasy is characterized by the following thirteen transcendental activities: (1) dancing, (2) rolling on the floor, (3) singing, (4) clapping, (5) stretching the body, (6) thundering, (7) yawning, (8) breathing heavily, (9) forgetting social conventions, (10) drooling, (11) laughing, (12) shaking the head, and (13) hiccoughing. All these symptoms are not awakened simultaneously; they appear according to the exchange of transcendental mellows. Sometimes one symptom is prominent, and at another time another is prominent.<span class=\"hlterm\">There are five transcendental rasas, or mellows. The initial stage is called \u015b\u0101nta-rati, wherein one who is liberated from material contamination appreciates the greatness of the Supreme Personality of Godhead<\/span>. One who attains this stage does not exactly engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, for this is the neutral stage.In the second stage, which is called d\u0101sya-rati, a person appreciates his position as being everlastingly subordinate to the Supreme Lord, and he understands that he is eternally dependent on the causeless mercy of the Supreme Person. At that time there is an awakening of natural affection, such as is felt by a son who grows up and begins to appreciate his father&#8217;s benedictions. At this stage the living entity wants to serve the Supreme Lord instead of serving m\u0101y\u0101, illusion.The third stage in the development of transcendental love is called sakhya-rati. In this stage one associates with the Supreme as a friend on an equal level, with love and respect. As this stage is further developed, there is joking and such relaxed exchanges as laughing. On this level there are fraternal exchanges with the Personality of Godhead, and one is free from all bondage. At this stage one forgets his inferior position as a living entity, but at the same time he has the greatest respect for the Supreme Person.In the fourth stage, called v\u0101tsalya-rati, the fraternal affection of the preceding stage develops into parental affection. At this time the living entity acts as the parent of God. Instead of worshiping the Lord, the living entity, as a parent of the Supreme Person, becomes an object of worship for Him. At this stage the Lord depends on the mercy of His pure devotee and puts Himself under the control of the devotee to be raised nicely. Such a devotee can embrace the Supreme Lord and even kiss His head.In the fifth stage, called madhura-rati, there is a transcendental exchange of conjugal love between the lover and the beloved. It is at this stage that K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and the damsels of Vraja glanced lovingly at one another, for on this platform there is an exchange of glances, movements of the eyebrows, pleasant words, attractive smiles, etc.Besides these five primary rasas there are seven secondary rasas, which consist of laughing, wonder, chivalry, pity, anger, ghastliness and devastation. For example, Bh\u012b\u1e63ma related to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as a warrior in the chivalrous rasa. Hira\u1e47yaka\u015bipu, however, experienced an exchange of the ghastly and devastating rasas. The five primary rasas constantly remain within the heart of the pure devotee, and the seven secondary rasas sometimes appear and disappear to enrich the flavors and tastes of the primary ones. After enriching the primary rasas, they disappear.Examples of \u015b\u0101nta-bhaktas, or devotees in the neutral stage, are the Nine Yogendras, namely Kavi, Havi, Antar\u012bk\u1e63a, Prabuddha, Pippal\u0101yana, Avirhotra, Dravi\u1e0da (Drumila), Camasa and Karabh\u0101jana. The Four Kum\u0101ras (Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanat-kum\u0101ra and San\u0101tana) are also examples of this stage. Examples of devotees in the second stage, servitorship, are Raktaka, Citraka and Patraka. These are all servants of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in Gokula. In Dv\u0101rak\u0101 there is D\u0101ruka, and in the Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha planets there are Hanum\u0101n and others. Devotees in the third stage, friendship, include \u015ar\u012bd\u0101m\u0101 in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana and Bh\u012bma and Arjuna in Dv\u0101rak\u0101or on the Battlefield of Kuruk\u1e63etra. As for those relating to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in parental love, they include His mother, father, uncle and similar relatives. In conjugal love there are the damsels of Vraja (V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana), the queens in Dv\u0101rak\u0101, and the goddesses of fortune in Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha. No one can count the vast number of devotees in this rasa.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"black-studio-tinymce-6\" class=\"widget-1 widget-first widget widget_black_studio_tinymce widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">KADACHA BookStore<\/h2><div class=\"textwidget\"><pre style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 20px;color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\" id=\"kadbtn28\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"kad-btn btn-shortcode kad-btn-primary lg-kad-btn \" style=\"background-color:#3a5744; border: 0 solid; border-color:#000;  color:#ffffff;\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=&#039;gold&#039;\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=&#039;#ffffff&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to VIEW! <i class='icon-cart2'><\/i><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are five transcendental rasas, or mellows. 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