Madhura-rasa-vicāra: Different categories of Sakhīs
The next day, Vijaya Kumāra honored prasāda somewhat earlier than usual, and then set out along the seashore towards Kāśī Miśra Bhavan. When he saw the ocean waves, the sentiments of the ocean of rasa began to surge within his heart.
Overwhelmed with bhāva, he thought to himself, “A hā! The ocean
is inspiring bhāva to swell within me. Although it is a material
substance, it is evoking my deeply concealed transcendental sentiments. It is just like the ocean of rasa that my Prabhu has
described to me.
“When I leave my gross and subtle bodies far behind, I find myself sitting upon the shore of the ocean of rasa, relishing rasa
in my mañjarī-svarūpa. Kṛṣṇa, who is imbued with the luster of a
fresh monsoon rain cloud, is the exclusive Lord of my life’s breath. Śrīmatī Rādhikā, the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja,
who keeps Her gorgeous presence at Kṛṣṇa’s side, is the be-all
and end-all of my very existence. This ocean is the transformation
of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s intimate love (praṇaya). The rows of waves are the different types of bhāva that combine to comprise rasa
itself. I am a sakhī on the shore, and the manifold waves rising up