not unnatural--perverted reflection

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So when Krsna wants to enjoy... The enjoy means these loving affairs between man and woman. That is a fact. That is not an artificial thing. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has explained Vedanta-sūtra, janmady asya yataḥ. He has said, adi rasasya janma yatra. Adi-rasa. There are twelve kinds of rasas, mellow. Of all of them, the adi-rasa... Adi-rasa means the loving affair between man and woman. This is called adi-rasa. So Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains, janmady asya means the adi-rasa, loving affairs between man and woman, that is from the Supreme Person. That's a fact. Unless the loving propensity is there in the Supreme, how it can be reflected? Because this is perverted reflection only, so there must be the origin. (More...)

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