Realizing God !
In order to realize God, one must assume one of these attitude : santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, or madhur.
Santa, the serene attitude. The rishi in the olden time had this attitude toward God. They did not desire any worldly enjoyment. It is like the single minded devotion of wife to her husband. She knows that her husband is the embodiment of beauty and love, a veritable madan.
Dasya, the attitude of the servant toward the master. Hanuman had this attitude toward Rama. He felt the strength of a lion when he worked for Rama. A wife feel this mood also. She served her husband with all her heart and soul. A mother also has a little of this attitude, as Yashoda had for Krishna.
Sakhya, the attitude of friendship. Friends say to one another. 'Come here and sit near me'. Sridama and other friends sometime fed Krishna with fruits, part of which they had already eaten, and sometime climbed on his shoulders.
Vatsalya, the attitude of a mother toward her child. This is Yasoda's attitude toward Krishna. The wife, too, has a little of this. She feeds her husband with her very life-blood, as it were. The mother feels happy only when child has eaten to his heart's content. Yasoda will roam around with butter in her hand, in order to feed Krishna.
Madhur, the attitude of a woman toward he paramour. Radha had this attitude toward Krishna. The wife also feels it for her husband. This attitude includes all the other four.
