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dasya and the lower half of sakya rasa. The lower half of sakhya
means friendship in adora on. And the higher half of sakhya rasa is

friendship on equal level. So in Vrindaban the reciproca on of tran-
scendental humor is higher than in Vaikuntha. It is there more free and
spontaneous without any restric on arranged by yogamaya principle.”
In Goloka Vrindaban, yogamaya acts to facilitate the spontaneous love
and devo on of the devotees. But yogamaya does not act in Vaikun-
tha where the worship is one of awe and reverence without any hint
of spontaneity and relaxa on of formal rules of conduct.
CC Madhya 21.104, Purport: “Actually the ac vi es of yogamaya are
absent in the spiritual sky and the Vaikuntha planets. She simply works
in the supreme planet, Goloka Vrindavana, and she works to manifest

the ac vi es of Krishna when He descends to the material universe to
please His innumerable devotees within the material world.”
The many wonderful rasas are more specifically described and exam-
ples given of devotees who have a ained them by Srila Prabhupada.
According to the Teachings of Lord Caitanya, there are five transcen-
dental rasas, or mellows, that devotees can a ain in the spiritual
world.
“In the spiritual world there are five kinds of rela onships with the Su-
preme Lord—santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. The per-

verted reflec ons of these rasas are found in the material world. Land,
home, furniture and other inert material objects are related in santa,
or the neutral and silent sense, whereas servants work in the dasya
rela onship. The reciproca on between friends is called sakhya, the
affec on of a parent for a child is known as vatsalya, and the affairs of
conjugal love cons tute madhurya. These five rela onships in the ma-
terial world are distorted reflec ons of the original, pure sen ments,
which should be understood and perfected in rela onship with the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead under the guidance of a bona fide spir-
itual master. In the material world the perverted rasas bring frustra-

on. If these rasas are reestablished with Lord Krishna, the result is
eternal, blissful life.” (CC Adi 1.56)

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