& aṣṭa-kālīya-līlā Vijaya Kumāra, with folded hands, inquired from his Gurudeva about sambhoga - rasa. He replied affectionately. Gosvāmī: There are two types of kṛṣṇa-līlā: prakaṭa (manifest) and a prakaṭa (unmanifest). The states of separation (viraha) in vipralambha-rasa that I have already described correspond to prakaṭa - līlā. However, in a prakaṭa Vṛndāvana, there is no separation of the vraja-devīs from Śrī Hari, who is eternally engaged in His variegated, blissful līlā such as the rāsa - līlā. It is written in the Mathurā-mahātmya: “Kṛṣṇa plays eternally with the gopas and gopīs there.” Since the verb ‘plays’ (krīḍ) is in the present tense, it is to be understood that Kṛṣṇa’s līlās are eternal. Therefore, in the a prakaṭa - līlā of Goloka or Vṛndāvana, there is no separation caused by Kṛṣṇa’s making His residence in a distant place (dūra-pravāsa). Love in union (sambhoga) exists eternally there.