Svakiya

(“belonging to oneself”) Mode of conceiving the relationship between lover
and beloved, in which the man
and woman are married to each
other. The svakiya relationship is
socially respectable—sanctioned by
society, upholding social propriety,
fruitful, and procreative in its course.
Although this mode of relationship
is rich and celebrated, this very
social approval is said to make it
less intense than the adulterous parakiya
relationship, in which the lovers gain
nothing but their love itself. Although
in most cases the union between
the god Krishna and his consort
Radha is described as parakiya, some
Vaishnava communities—such as the
Radhavallabh community—claim that
this relationship is svakiya, perhaps
reflecting reservations about endorsing
adultery, even by the deities.
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Svakiya