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degrees of smiling, are called in the Sanskrit language smita, hasita, vihasita, avahasita, apahasita and These six classes of smiling can be classified as major and minor. The major division includes smita, hasita and vihasita smiling, and the minor division includes avahasita , apahasita and atihasita smiling.

Once a palmist came to the house of Nanda Mahārāja, and Nanda Mahārāja asked him, “My dear sage, will Tell me how many years He will live and whether He will become the master of thousands of cows.” Upon hearing this, the palmist began to smile, and Nanda Mahārāja asked him, “My dear sir, why are you laughing, and why are you covering your face?”

When tears from the eyes are added to the smiling and the shoulders are shaking, the smile is called Seeing this fun, Nārada also began to dance, and his shoulders trembled and his eyes moved. Due to his smiling, his teeth also became visible, and on account of the glaring effulgence from his

remark is a statement which was made by one of the cowherd girls to Kuṭilā, the daughter of Jaṭilā and statement: “My dear Kuṭilā, daughter of Jaṭilā, your breasts are as long as string beans – simply dry and And your eyes are more beautiful than the eyes of dogs. Your lips defy the flaming cinders of fire, and your abdomen is as beautiful as a big drum. Therefore, my dear beautiful Kuṭilā, you are the most beautiful of all the cowherd girls of Vṛndāvana, and

One day when Kṛṣṇa was engaged in stealing butter and yogurt in the house of Jaṭilā, He assured His friends Let us silently steal butter and yogurt without making any disturbance.” But the old lady, Jaṭilā, was not sleeping; so she could not contain her smiling, and her teeth immediately

In a state of smiling when the nose becomes puffed and the eyes squint, the smiling is called avahasita morning when Kṛṣṇa returned home after performing His rāsa dance, mother Yaśodā looked upon Kṛṣṇa’s face and Yaśodā was addressing Kṛṣṇa in that way, a girlfriend who was nearby began to smile with a puffed nose and The gopī knew that Kṛṣṇa had been enjoying the rāsa dance and that mother Yaśodā could not detect her

One day Abhimanyu, the so-called husband of Rādhārāṇī, was returning home, and at that time he could Kṛṣṇa immediately changed His dress to look exactly like Abhimanyu and approached Abhimanyu’s mother, Jaṭilā, the mother of Abhimanyu, immediately believed that Kṛṣṇa was her own son and thus became very Seeing this incident, all the girlfriends of Rādhārāṇī, who were present there, began to smile, and a

When a smiling person claps his hands and leaps in the air, the smiling expression changes into atihasita Kṛṣṇa once addressed Jaratī thus: “My dear good woman, the skin of your face is now slackened, and so trying to marry her, but she had already taken shelter of Kṛṣṇa, the killer of many powerful demons, and sarcastic reply by the talkative Jaratī, all the cowherd girls present there began to laugh very loudly and

one is smiling but his teeth are not visible, one can distinctly mark a definite change in the eyes and when Kṛṣṇa was stealing yogurt, Jaratī, the headmistress of the house, could detect His activities, and At that time, Kṛṣṇa became very much afraid of Jaratī and went to His elder brother, Baladeva.

ecstasies of devotional service, known as laughing, astonishment, chivalry, compassion, anger, dread and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī further describes these ecstasies of devotional feelings, some being compatible and

scholars say that laughing is generally found among youngsters or in the combination of old persons and Once an old mendicant approached the door of mother Yaśodā’s house, and Kṛṣṇa told Yaśodā, “My dear mother If I go there, he might put Me within his begging bag and take Me away from you!”

In such laughing devotional service, there are symptoms of jubilation, laziness, concealed feelings and

After tasting this flower, Kṛṣṇa turned His mouth in a disfigured way, and upon seeing this all His friends