Vijaya Kumāra relished the aspects of mādhurya-bhāva that he had heard the previous day, and he was still in this mood when he again presented himself before Śrī Gurudeva. He offered praṇāma, and inquired from him submissively, “Prabhu, I
have understood about vibhāva, anubhāva, sāttvika - bhāva, and
vyabhicārī - bhāva, and also the svarūpa of sthāyībhāva. However,
although I have combined these four kinds of ingredients with sthāyībhāva, I still cannot awaken rasa. Why is this?”
Gosvāmī: Dear Vijaya, you will not be able to awaken rasa in sthāyībhāva until you have become conversant with the svarūpa (intrinsic nature) of śṛṅgāra-rasa.
Vijaya: What is śṛṅgāra-rasa? Gosvāmī: Śṛṅgāra is the super-excellent and profuse transcendental charm of madhura - rasa. There are two kinds of śṛṅgāra:
vipralambha (love in separation) and sambhoga (meeting and
performing joyful transcendental pastimes together).
Vijaya: I would like to know the characteristics of vipralambha.
Gosvāmī: Vipralambha is the delightful emotion that manifests when the nāyaka and the nāyikās cannot fulfill their cherished
and delightful longing for pastimes such as embracing and kissing each other. Vipralambha can occur in any state, either
during meeting (milana) or separation (viyoga), and it especially