Volume 3 - Prabhupada Books

278 Sri Caitanya-caritam�a [Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out that in VrajabhOmi there is
the Yamuna River with its sandy banks. There are kadamba trees, cows, Kr�r:Ja's
sticks with which He herds cows, and Kr�r:Ja's flute. All of these belong to the san­
ta-rasa, the mellow of neutrality in devotional service. There are also the direct
servants of Kr�r:Ja named Citraka, Patraka and Raktaka, and these are the embodi­
ments of service in the mellow of servitude. There are also friends like Sridama,
Sudama and others who embody service in fraternity. Nanda Maharaja and
mother Yasoda are the embodiments of paternal love. Above all of these is Srimati
Radharar:Ji and Her assistants, the gopis Lalita, Visakha and others. In this way all
five mellows- santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya-exist eternally. They
are also compared to metals like copper, bell metal, silver, gold and touchstone.
Srila Kaviraja Gosvami therefore refers to a metal mine eternally existing in
Vrndavana, Vrajabhomi.
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