Pandits classify Rasa into nine categories. They are called Navarasas. According to my view, there are no Navarasas or nine rasas. There are only two rasas. One is Karuna rasa and the other is Sringara rasa. The emotions of Daya,Prema, and Anugraha merge in Karuna rasa. The emotion of Kama, krodha and lobha merge in Sringara rasa. Sringara rasa misleads us, whereas Karuna rasa leads us. Therefore, to recognise our duty, we must take recourse to Karuna rasa. Only through Karuna rasa, can we enjoy the proximity of the Lord. That is the real ecstasy or bliss. Karuna rasa offers us pure selfless love. Selfish love leads to an aspect of Sringara rasa and that is Moha.

Moha rasa may be compared to the water that is stagnating in the pond. Karuna rasa may be compared to the water that flows through a river. Moving water ever remains pure. Still water gets contaminated and becomes stagnant. Stagnant water sometimes becomes poisonous because worms bread in it. Flowing water always remains pure, and finally reaches the ocean of Anugraha of God’s Grace. Moha expresses itself in desiring things, desires go on multiplying. Moha may be compared to the water that is bound in a lake. (SSB 1972, p. 271)