Śānta, Dāsya & Sakhya rasas
Vrajanātha and Vijaya Kumāra considered their situation carefully and decided that they would spend Cāturmāsya in Purī and hear about all the aspects of rasa - tattva from Śrī Gopāla Guru. When Vrajanātha’s grandmother heard the glories of
residing in Purī during Cāturmāsya, she also agreed with their
suggestion. From then on, they regularly went to receive darśana
of Śrī Jagannātha-deva, morning and evening, took bath in Narendra-sarovara, and visited the important holy places in and
around Purī. In addition to this, they had darśana of Śrī
Jagannātha-deva with great devotion whenever a special service, ceremony or dressing took place. In this way, they passed their
time in a very regulated and sublime manner. They expressed
their innermost feelings before Śrī Gopāla Guru.
When they expressed their intentions to Śrī Guru Gosvāmī,
he was delighted and said, “I have already developed such thick
parental affection for you both within my heart that I think I
will feel great distress when you leave. The longer you stay here, the more pleased I will be. One can easily attain asad-guru, but
it is not easy to find asat-śiṣya.”
Vrajanātha very humbly requested, “Please be so kind as to explain rasa - tattva in such away that we can easily understand