The bodily symptoms manifested by a devotee in expressing ecstatic love for KášášŁáša are called anubhÄva. Practical examples of anubhÄva are as follows: dancing, rolling on the ground, singing very loudly, stretching the body, crying loudly, yawning, breathing very heavily, neglecting the presence of others, drooling, laughing like a madman, wheeling the head and belching. When there is an extraordinary excess of ecstatic love, with all of these bodily symptoms manifested, one feels relieved transcendentally.
These symptoms are divided into two parts: one is called ĹÄŤta, and the other is called kᚣepaáša. When there is yawning, the symptoms are called ĹÄŤta, and when there is dancing they are called kᚣepaáša.
DancingWhile watching the rÄsa dance performed by Lord KášášŁáša and the gopÄŤs, Lord Ĺiva beheld the beautiful face of KášášŁáša and immediately began to dance and beat upon his small diášá¸ima drum. While Lord Ĺiva was dancing in ecstasy, his eldest son, GaášeĹa, joined him.
Rolling on the GroundIn the Third Canto, First Chapter, verse 32, of ĹrÄŤmad-BhÄgavatam, Vidura inquires from Uddhava, "My dear friend, is AkrĹŤra in an auspicious condition? Not only is he a learned scholar and sinless, but he is also a devotee of Lord KášášŁáša. He has such ecstatic love for KášášŁáša that I have seen him rolling upon KášášŁáša's footprints in the dust as if bereft of all sense." Similarly, one gopÄŤ gave a message to KášášŁáša that RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ, because of Her separation from Him and because of Her enchantment with the aroma of His flower garlands, was rolling on the ground, thereby bruising Her soft body.
Singing LoudlyOne gopÄŤ informed KášášŁáša that when ĹrÄŤmatÄŤ RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ was singing about His glories, She enchanted all of Her friends in such a way that they became stonelike and dull. At the same time, the nearby stones began to melt away in ecstatic love.
When NÄrada Muni was chanting the Hare KášášŁáša mantra, he chanted so loudly that it was apprehended that Lord Nášsiášha had appeared. Thus all the demons began to flee in different directions.
Stretching the BodyIt is said that sometimes when NÄrada, the carrier of the vÄŤášÄ, remembers his Lord KášášŁáša in great ecstasy, he begins to stretch his body so vigorously that his sacred thread gives way.
Crying LoudlyA gopÄŤ once said to KášášŁáša, "My dear son of Nanda MahÄrÄja, by the sound of Your flute ĹrÄŤmatÄŤ RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ has become full of lamentation and fear, and thus, with a faltering voice, She is crying like a kurarÄŤ bird."
It is described that by hearing the vibration of KášášŁáša's flute, Lord Ĺiva becomes very puzzled and begins to cry so loudly into space that the demons become vanquished and the devotees become overwhelmed with joy.
YawningIt is said that when the full moon rises, the lotus petals become expanded. Similarly, when KášášŁáša used to appear before RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ, Her face, which is compared to the lotus flower, would expand by Her yawning.
Breathing HeavilyAs far as breathing heavily is concerned, it is stated, "LalitÄ [one of the gopÄŤs] is just like a cÄtakÄŤ bird, which only takes water falling directly from the rain cloud and not from any other source." In this statement KášášŁáša is compared to the dark cloud, and LalitÄ is compared to the cÄtakÄŤ bird seeking only KášášŁáša's company. The metaphor continues to say, "As a heavy wind sometimes disperses a mighty cloud, so the heavy breath from LalitÄ's nostrils caused her to miss KášášŁáša, who had disappeared by the time she recovered herself."
Neglecting the Presence of OthersAs far as neglecting the presence of others is concerned, the wives of the brÄhmaášas who were performing sacrifices at VášndÄvana left home as soon as they heard that KášášŁáša was nearby. They left their homes without caring for their learned husbands. The husbands began to discuss this among themselves: "How wonderful is the attraction for KášášŁáša that it has made these women leave us without any care!" This is the influence of KášášŁáša. Anyone who becomes attracted to KášášŁáša can be relieved from the bondage of birth and death, which can be compared to the lockedâup homes that were neglected by the wives of the brÄhmaášas.
In the PadyÄvalÄŤ there is a statement by some devotees: "We shall not care for any outsiders. If they should deride us, we shall still not care for them. We shall simply enjoy the transcendental mellow of chanting Hare KášášŁáša, and thus we shall roll on the ground and dance ecstatically. In this way we shall eternally enjoy transcendental bliss."
DroolingAs an example of the running down of saliva from the mouth, it is stated that sometimes when NÄrada Muni was chanting the Hare KášášŁáša mantra, he remained stunned for a while, and saliva oozed from his mouth.
Laughing like a MadmanWhen a devotee laughs very loudly like a madman, it is done out of an extraordinary agitation of ecstatic love within the heart. Such mad laughing is an expression of the condition of the heart which is technically called aášáša-hÄsa. When a devotee becomes affected with this mental condition, his love is expressed through the lips. The laughing sounds, coming one after another, are compared to flowers falling from the creeper of devotion which grows within the heart of the devotee. In the Caitanya-caritÄmášta devotional service to the Lord is also compared to a creeper which rises up to the lotus feet of KášášŁáša in Goloka VášndÄvana.
Wheeling of the HeadOne gopÄŤ told her friend, "It appears that Lord KášášŁáša, the enemy of the demon Agha, has released from His mouth a whirlwind which is acting on your head and is gradually proceeding to do the same to the other lotus-eyed gopÄŤs."
BelchingSometimes belching also becomes a symptom of ecstatic love for KášášŁáša. There is evidence of this in PaurášamÄsÄŤ's address to one crying associate of RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ: "My dear daughter, don't be worried because ĹrÄŤmatÄŤ RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ is belching. I am about to offer a remedial measure for this symptom. Do not cry so loudly. This belching is not due to indigestion; it is a sign of ecstatic love for KášášŁáša. I shall arrange to cure this belching symptom immediately. Don't be worried." This statement by PaurášamÄsÄŤ is evidence that ecstatic love for KášášŁáša is sometimes manifested through belching.
Sometimes trembling of the whole body and hemorrhaging from some part of the body are also manifested in response to ecstatic love for KášášŁáša, but such symptoms are very rare, and therefore ĹrÄŤla RĹŤpa GosvÄmÄŤ does not discuss any further on this point.