"So far I have described the marks of _rati_ for Krishna. Now let me describe the characteristics of love for Krishna. Even the wise fail to comprehend the speech, acts and gestures of the man whose heart is full of love for Krishna. (_Bhágabat_, XI. ii. 38). As love develops, it takes the forms of _sneha_, _mán_, _pranaya_, _rág_, _anurág_, _bháb_, and _mahábhab_, just as, from the same source of sugar-juice we have molasses, _gur_ (_khanda_), black sugar, [yellow] sugar-candy, and white sugar-candy. As these grow successively purer and more delicious, so too do the above stages in the development of love. In relation to its subject, _rati_ is of five kinds _viz._, _shánta_, _dásya_, _sakhya_, _bátsalya_, and _madhur_. These five permanent emotions (_bháb_) have five different flavours, which delight the _bhakta_ and over-power Krishna. The permanent emotions of love etc., on meeting with the proper ingredient, mature in the form of Krishna-_bhakti ras_. The permanent emotion (_bháb_) on being mingled with _ras_ is changed into these four,--_bibhába_, _anubhába_, _sátivika_, _byabhichári_;--just as curd, on being mixed with _gur_, black pepper, and camphor, becomes a thing of matchless deliciousness named _rasál_. _Bibhába_ is of two kinds, (i) _álamban_, which is kindled by Krishna, etc., and (ii) _uddipan_, by the notes of His flute, etc. _Anubhába_ is stimulated by smile, dance and song. Stupor and other sensations are included in _sátwika anubhába_. _Byabhichári_ is of 33 kinds, such as delight, rapture, &c. "_Ras_ is of five kinds,--_shánta_, _dásya_, _sakhya_, _bátsalya_, and _madhur_. In the _shánta ras_, _rati_ advances to the stage of _prem_; in the _dásya_ to _rág_, _sakhya_ and _bátsalya_ attain to the limit of _anurág_ (as was the case with Subal and others love for Krishna). "Krishna, the darling of Braja's lord, is the chief of lovers, while the lady Radha is at the head of mistresses. Krishna's qualities are endless, even a single one of them when unfolded can soothe the ears of a _bhakta_. "Countless are Radhiká's qualities, of which 25 are the principal ones, which have conquered Krishna. "The lover and his mistress are the themes of two _rasas_, and the foremost of the class are Radha and Krishna. Similarly, in the _dásya ras_, the subject is a servant, in the _sakhya_ a comrade, in the _bátsalya_ the parents. "This _ras_ is tasted only by Krishna's _bhaktas_; those who are not devoted to Him have not the lot to enjoy it. Before this, at Allahabad I discoursed on _ras_ and inspired with my power your brother Rup Goswámi. Do you preach the lore of _bhakti_; do you discover the lost shrines of Mathura. At Brindában teach the adoration of Krishna, the proper conduct of Vaishnavs, and the scriptures of the creed of _bhakti_."