Rasa (stayi-bhava) with Krishna related to colors and to avatars; fascinating!


de Urmila Edith Best, el miércoles, 29 de junio de 2011 a las 23:58

||2.5.115||

 

 

tatra mukhyaḥ –

mukhyas tu pañcadhā śāntaḥ prītaḥ preyāṁś ca vatsalaḥ |

madhuraś cety amī jñeyā yathā-pūrvam anuttamāḥ ||115||

 

Translation: Mukhya-rasa (Primary Rasa):

The primary bhakti-rasas are five: śānta, prīti, preyo, vatsala and madhura. The order of excellence is from first to last.

 

Jīva Gosvāmī’s Commentary 

Anuttamāḥ here means inferior. The previous ones are progressively inferior.

 

||2.5.116||

 

atha gauṇaḥ –

hāsyo ’dbhutas tathā vīraḥ karuṇo raudra ity api |

bhayānakaḥ sa bībhatsa iti gauṇaś ca saptadhā ||116||

 

Translation: Gauṇa-rasa (Secondary Rasa):

There are seven secondary rasas: hāsya (humor), adbhuta (astonishment), vīra(enthusiasm), karuṇa (lamentation), raudra (anger), bhayānaka (fear) and bībhatsa(disgust).

 

||2.5.117||

evaṁ bhakti-raso bhedād dvayor dvādaśadhocyate |

vastutas tu purāṇādau pañcadhaiva vilokyate ||117||

 

Translation: Thus there are a total of twelve primary and secondary rasas, but in thePurāṇas only five are mentioned.

 

Jīva Gosvāmī’s Commentary 

The seven secondary rasas are considered in the Purāṇas to be vyabhicāri-bhāvas.[1]

 

||2.5.118||

śvetaś citro ’ruṇaḥ śoṇaḥ śyāmaḥ pāṇḍura-piṅgalau |

gauro dhūmras tathā raktaḥ kālo nītaḥ kramād amī ||118||

 

Translation: The twelve rasas have twelve colors as follows:  white (śānta), multi-colored (prīti), orange (preyān or sakhya),[2] crimson (vatsala), indigo (madhura), light yellow (hāsya), yellow or green (adbhuta),[3]  gold (vīra),[4] purple (karuṇa), red (raudra), black (bhayānaka) and blue (bībhatsa).

 

Jīva Gosvāmī’s Commentary 

In this verse the colors are assigned according to poetic conventions such as assigning the color white to fame. One can assign personalities (with colors) to the rasas just as personalities like Candra are assigned to personify the mind. 

 

||2.5.119||

kapilo mādhavopendrau nṛsiṁho nanda-nandanaḥ |

balaḥ kūrmas tathā kalkī rāghavo bhārgavaḥ kiriḥ |

mīna ity eṣu kathitāḥ kramād dvādaśa devatāḥ ||119||

 

Translation: There are twelve deities assigned to the twelve rasas as follows: Kapila (śānta), Mādhava (prīti or dāsya),[5] Upendra (preyān or sakhya), Nṛsiṁha (vatsala), Kṛṣṇa (madhura), Balarāma (hāsya), Kūrma (adbhuta), Kalkī (vīra), Rāma (karuṇa), Parāśurāma (raudra), Varāha (bhayānaka) and Mīna (bībhatsa).

 

Jīva Gosvāmī’s Commentary 

For the rasas related to the Lord, avatāras of the Lord are given as the presiding deities, just as forms of the Lord such Aniruddha are assigned to the moon etc. Kirimeans Varāha. Sometimes Buddha is substituted for Mīna, since Mīna has a form of eternity knowledge and bliss, and it would be distasteful to assign Him to the rasa of disgust.[6] 

 

[1] This is also the authors view, mentioned in 4.7.14.

[2] Aruṇa (color of the dawn) could also be pink.

[3] Bharata Muni gives pīta or yellow for adbhuta-rasa. The word used here is piṅgala which can mean yellow or green.

[4] Gaura can mean gold, white, yellow or red as well, but white, yellow and red have been used for otherrasas.

[5] Kapila can represent śānta-rasa because of His stance in meditation. Perhaps Mādhava representsdāsya-rasa because of the derivation of Mādhava as mā (Lakṣmī) and dhava (husband), meaning Nārāyaṇa. Upendra or Vāmana can represent sakhya-rasa, since He has a friendly relationship with Indra, and acts as the door keeper in Sutala for Bali. Nṛṣiṁha can represent vātsalya-rasa because of His regarding Prahlāda as His son, placing him on His lap. Kṛṣṇa naturally represents madhura-rasa.  Balarāma is fond of joking and therefore suitable to represent hāsya-rasa. Kūrma represents adbhuta-rasa because of His huge and unusual but suitable form for the task at hand. Kalkī is famous for having the sword in His hand, and thus represents vīra-rasa. Rāma represents karuṇa-rasa because of His lamentation at losing Śītā. Parāśurāma destroyed the kṣatriyas out of anger, and thus is suitable to represent raudra-rasa.Varāha represents fear (bhayānaka) perhaps because He created fear in the ocean when He dove in, and had a fearful appearance covered with blood after killing Hiraṇyākṣa.

[6] Buddha, a śakty-aveśāvatāra, showed disgust with the material world and then went searching for the Truth.

 

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    • Urmila Edith Best What a science of LOVE! Truly multi-colored and excellent
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    • Amrita Gopala Dasi And the artwork is beautiful.
      30 de junio a las 0:58 ·  1 persona
    • Manjari Devi Ehrlichman Who is the artist?
      30 de junio a las 1:11
    • Veselin Hadjiev Faithful person who study this Science of Love , named '' Bhakti-Rasamrta-Sindhuh '' , under the guidance of rasika and bhavuka bhaktas who are conversant of sastra , can understand this confidential mystery and by the mercy of Sriman Mahaprabhu will obtain qualification to enter into the wealth of prema .

      Thank you for tagging me , dear Mataji ! ... 

      Radhe Radhe !
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    • Manjari Devi Ehrlichman One time Shrila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaj asked in class "who is Lord Narasinghadev? Devotees gave different answers and he said. "He is one of Krsna's moods" as are all the avatars.
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    • Rasanandini Dasi Thank u Urmila Prabhu, a beautiful meditation...Jiva Goswamipada ki jaya...is this Bhakti-Rasamrta-Sindhu?
      30 de junio a las 1:36
    • Urmila Edith Best Manjari, I don't know who the artist is. Yes,Rasanandini Dasi, it's Bhaktirasamrtasindu, by Rupa Gosvami
      30 de junio a las 1:39 ·  1 persona
    • Rasanandini Dasi ‎:) _/\O_
      30 de junio a las 1:52
    • Babhru Reed The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,
      Are also on the faces of people passing by. (Sorry. Just trying to spiritualize Iz's little song.)
      30 de junio a las 2:04 ·  1 persona
    • Urmila Edith Best Do you know, Babhru Reed, that when Krishna sits in the middle of concentric circles of cowherd boys to eat by the Yamuna, the boys form the colors of the rainbow, with Krishna as red in the center? (Anandavrindavana campu)
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    • Babhru Reed Ah--thanks! I remember reading this. There's more than just magic in this life.
      30 de junio a las 2:29
    • Pancha Tattva Dasa I love that.
      30 de junio a las 6:31
    • Eva Sanderson Thank you, Urmila. I'm going to share this, mostly because I want to read this over and over again and when I see it on my wall tomorrow, I'll remember to read it. And also for the benefit of others, who may not see it otherwise.
      30 de junio a las 8:17
    • Babhru Reed Me, too.
      30 de junio a las 11:21
    • Jatayu Dasa amazing!
      02 de julio a las 18:53