BHAVAS IN BHAKTHI

            Bhavas are different attitudes that a devotee takes according to his individual temperament to express his devotion towards God in some form.^[48]
 The different bhavas are:
  1  śānta, placid love for God;
   2dāsya, the attitude of a servant;
3   sakhya, the attitude of a friend;
  4vātsalya, the attitude of a mother towards her child; and
 5 madhura, the attitude of a woman towards her lover.
              Several saints are known to have practiced these bhavas. The nineteenth century mystic, Ramakrishna  is said to have practiced these five bhavas.^[
     The attitude of Hanuman towards lord Rama is considered to be of dasya bhava.
 The attitude of Arjuna and the shepherd boys of Vrindavan towards Krishna is regarded as sakhya bhava.
  The attitude of Radha towards Krishna is regarded as madhura bhava.
 The attitude of Yashoda, who looked after Krishna during his childhood is regarded as vatsalya bhava.^[5  Sringara is the relationship of the intimate love