*/ First Wave: Qualities of Pure Bhakti Bhagavad-bhakti-bheda ||1.1.1|| First Translation: “Kṛṣṇa, the destroyer of all sin and the bestower of all bliss, the very form of the highest bliss, filled with all rasas , excels all others in glory. He brings Tārakā and Pālikā under His control by the diffusion of His beauty; He accepts Śyāmalā and Lālitā as

*/ Second Wave: Devotional Service In Practice Sādhana-bhakti sā bhaktiḥ sādhanaṃ bhāvaḥ premā ceti tridhoditā ||1.2.1|| “There are three types of bhakti: sādhana, bhāva and prema .” ||1.2.2|| “Now we will define sādhana-bhakti: Action of the senses that produces the state of bhāva is called sādhana-bhakti . The state of bhāva-bhakti that is attained ( sādhyata ) is an eternal

*/ Third Wave: Devotional Service in Ecstasy Bhāva-bhakti atha bhāvaḥ — śuddha-sattva-viśeṣātmā prema-sūryāṃśu-sāmya-bhāk | rucibhiś citta-māsṛṇya-kṛd asau bhāva ucyate ||1.3.1|| “ Bhāva-bhakti is that part of bhakti whose essence is saṃvit - and hlādinī-śakti , that is one ray of the sun of prema soon to rise in the heart, and that softens the heart with desires to meet, serve

*/ Fourth Wave: Devotional service in Love of God Prema-bhakti samyaṅ-masṛṇita-svānto mamatvātiśayāṅkitaḥ | bhāvaḥ sa eva sāndrātmā budhaiḥ premā nigadyate ||1.4.1|| “When bhāva becomes extremely condensed, it is called prema by the learned. It softens the heart completely and produces extreme possessiveness of the Lord in the devotee.” ||1.4.2|| In the Pañcarātra it is said: “ Prema is defined by

Southern Ocean: General Symptoms of Transcendental Mellow 1. First Wave: Ecstatic Excitants 2. Second Wave: Ecstatic Expressions 3. Third Wave: Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions 4. Fourth Wave: Transient Ecstatic Disturbances 5. Fifth Wave: Permanent Ecstatic Mood

*/ First Wave: Ecstatic Excitants Vibhāva prabalam ananya-śrayiṇā niṣevitaḥ sahaja-rūpeṇa | agha-damano mathurāyāṃ sadā sanātana-tanur jayati ||2.1.1|| “May the eternal form of Kṛṣṇa, killer of Aghāsura, served strongly by His natural beauty, which is attractive even without ornaments, and which is nondifferent from His very self, remain with all attractive features eternally in the district of Mathurā.” Alternate translation: “May

*/ Second Wave: Ecstatic Expressions Anubhāva anubhāvās tu citta-stha-bhāvānām avabodhakāḥ | te bahir vikriyā prāyāḥ proktā udbhāsvarākhyayā ||2.2.1|| “ Anubhāva refers to those things that express the bhāva within the heart. They are predominantly external transformations, thus they are called udbhāsvara (shining on the body).” ||2.2.2|| “The external transformations known as anubhāvas are actions, such as dancing, rolling on the

*/ Third Wave: Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions Sāttvika-bhāva kṛṣna-sambandhibhiḥ sākṣāt kiñcid vā vyavadhānataḥ | bhāvaiś cittam ihākrāntaṃ sattvam ity ucyate budhaiḥ ||2.3.1|| “On the topic of rasa , when the heart becomes overwhelmed by rati or bhāva in relation to Kṛṣṇa, either directly or indirectly, the learned call this sattva .” sattvād asmāt samutpannā ye ye bhāvās te tu sāttvikāḥ |

*/ Fourth Wave: Transient Ecstatic Disturbances Vyābhicāri-bhāva athocyante trayas-triṃśad-bhāvā ye vyabhicāriṇaḥ | viśeṣeṇābhimukhyena caranti sthāyinaṃ prati ||2.4.1|| “Hereafter the 33 vyabhicārī-bhāvas will be described. They are called vyabhicārī-bhāvas because the move ( caranti ) against the sthāyī-bhāva , while assisting it in a distinctive way ( viśeṣena abhimukhyena ).” vāg-aṅga-sattva-sūcyā jñeyās te vyabhicāriṇaḥ | sañcārayanti bhāvasya gatiṃ sañcāriṇo’pi ||2.4.2|| “The