Vatsalya-rasa (Conv. & Letters)

Expressions researched:
"filial affection" |"vatsalya" |"vatsalya-bhakta" |"vatsalya-bhakti-rasa" |"vatsalya-rasa" |"vatsalya-rati"

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay:

Prabhupāda: (to Patel) You are śānta-bhakta.

Dr. Patel: Am I?

Prabhupāda: Śānta, dāsya, sākhya, vātsalya, and mādhurya.

Dr. Patel: Mādhurya-bhakta is the best. Like gopīs. But that is very difficult to be.

Prabhupāda: No, best, it is just one's conception, you see? Otherwise, all are best. All are best. But śānta-bhaktas do not take Kṛṣṇa very intimately.