SB 4.24.45-46 purport:

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'The inhabitants of Vrndavana-the gopis, mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja, the

cowherd boys, the cows and everyone else-are actually on the raga-marga or

bhagavata-marga platform. They participate in five basic rasas-dasya,

sakhya, vatsalya, madhurya and santa. But although these five rasas are

found in the bhagavata-marga, the bhagavata-marga is especially meant for

vatsalya and madhurya, or paternal and conjugal relationships. Yet there is

the visralambha-sakhya, the higher *fraternal* worship of the Lord

especially enjoyed by the cowherd boys. Although there is friendship between

Krsna and the cowherd boys, this friendship is different from the aisvarya

friendship between Krsna and Arjuna. When Arjuna saw the visva-rupa, the

gigantic universal form of the Lord, he was afraid for having treated Krsna

as an ordinary friend; therefore he begged Krsna's pardon. However, the

cowherd boys who are friends of Krsna in Vrndavana sometimes ride on the

shoulders of Krsna. They treat Krsna equally, just as they treat one

another, and they are never afraid of Him, nor do they ever beg His pardon.

Thus the raga-marga, or bhagavata-marga, friendship exists on a higher

platform with Krsna, namely the platform of vipralambha friendship.

*Paternal* friendship, paternal service and conjugal service are visible in

the Vrndavana raga-marga relationships.'

 

 

 

Seeing the context and use of 'fraternal' earlier in the purport, surely the

'paternal' in the last line should read 'fraternal'?

 

Any comments?

 

Your servant, ATD