Love as the Beloved
The eighth form is conjugal love, the most intense mood, in which the soul loves God as the bride loves the bridegroom.
Kanta-asakti, or madhurya bhava, is the love of the soul for God as its beloved spouse — the highest and most all-consuming of the moods, exemplified by the gopis' love for Krishna and by Mirabai, who called herself the bride of her Lord. In this form the devotee offers not a part but the whole of the self, holding nothing back, as a lover gives everything to the beloved. It expresses the soul's deepest truth: that it belongs wholly to God and finds its consummation in union with Him. Though couched in the imagery of romantic love, its essence is total self-giving and the yearning for complete union. The bride-soul loves with its entire being. This mood gathers all the others into one undivided, passionate devotion.
And some love Him as the beloved loves the bridegroom, giving all.
The bridal mysticism of bhakti finds its closest Western parallel in the Song of Songs and its interpretation by mystics like John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila, who used spousal imagery to express the soul's union with God.
Narada Bhakti Sutras