Cowherd Boys Friendship towards Krsna

Dear Gurudeva,

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna! All glories to Srilla Prabhupada and Swami Gaurangapada!

I have a three question.  It concerns Krsna and his dealings with the cowherd boys in Krsna lila.   

In Srila Prabhupada's Krsna Book, in the thirteenth chapter after Krsna has killed Aghasura, the cowherd boys take lunch and "each boy began to manifest different kinds of relations with Krsna, and they enjoyed each other's company with joking words."

I was under the impression that their transcendental relationship was Friendship, so what were the different kinds of relations manifested? and are there different subcategories within the relation of Friendship?  Are all the cowherd boys in the same mood of friendship?

Always,

bruce

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