sukrti or piety. There art two kinds of piety, past sukrti and present sukrti.

"Thoso who are not attracted to the srngara-rasa, but prefer dasya or sakhya, roust receive pertinent instructions on these relationships in order to get the fruit of their devotion, otherwise they win return to a life, of anarthas. The great soul Syamananda at first was not aware of his own siddha-ruci or permanent spiritual mellow, and so he was made to embrace the sakhya-rasa or the mellow of fraternity. Later, by the grace of Srila Jiva Gosvami, he became entitled to perform bhajana in his real ruci or spiritual proclivity. This is a well-known story. O Lord Caitanya, in Your line of teaching on this subject, spiritual acumen and eligibility count above all else.

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"The sadhaka has his own sva-ruci or natural taste as a gopi. Other rucis (such as the acceptance of a husband) are falsely attached to this sva-ruci before the sadhaka finally embraces the authentic ruci. But by the grace of his spiritual master, the sadhaka nonetheless attains Krsna's service according to his natural ruci in the parakiya-rasa or paramour relationship. Rasa can never come to a full bloom other than in the parakiya-rasa. The summit of Your teachings, O Lord Caitanya, is that the parakiya attitude is permanent in the pastimes of the Lord, both in their appearance (when Krsna descends to Vrajabhumi) and their disappearance (into the invisible Vraja of the transcendental world).*

The conjugal rasa is completely transcendental

"Srngara-rasa is totally devoid of even an iota of materialism. The transcendental jiva, in order to enjoy and exchange rasa, becomes a transcendental gopi, rendering devotional service to the transcendental personalities of Sri Radha and Sri Krsna in the transcendental realm of Vrndavana. The slightest tinge of the

* Please refer to Caitanya-caritamrta, by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Los Angeles, l974),Adi'lila 4.50 (purport), for further elaboration on this confidential topic. — Ed.