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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .8.11

karuṇasya suhṛd-raudro vatsalaś ca vilokyate |
[karunasya suhrid-raudro vatsalash cha vilokyate |]
vairī hāsyo ’sya sambhoga-śṛṅgāraś cādbhutas tathā ||11||
[vairee haasyo ’sya sambhoga-shringaarash chaadbhutas tathaa ||11||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
karuṇasya suhṛd-raudro vatsalaś ca vilokyate |
vairī hāsyo ’sya sambhoga-śṛṅgāraś cādbhutas tathā ||11||
Raudra-rasa and vatsala-rasa are favorable for karuṇa-rasa. Hāsya, the sambhoga portion of madhura-rasa (meeting Kṛṣṇa) and adbhuta-rasas are unfavorable.

With the ecstasy of compassion in devotional service a mixture of anger or parental love is compatible, whereas a mixture of laughter, conjugal love or astonishment is always incompatible.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Raudra here refers to anger generated during a period of suffering by the remembrance of previous painful treatment by the lover. If painful treatment were at the present time, while in a state of suffering, it would generate fear.

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