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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.13
উদ্ধব-দর্শনে যৈছে রাধার বিলাপ ।
ক্রমে ক্রমে হৈল প্রভুর সে উন্মাদ-বিলাপ ॥ ১৩ ॥
uddhava-darśane yaiche rādhāra vilāpa
krame krame haila prabhura se unmāda-vilāpa
The lamentation of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī when Uddhava visited Vṛndāvana gradually became a feature of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental madness.
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The verse recalls Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s lamentation when Uddhava visited Vṛndāvana.
That lamentation gradually became a feature of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental madness.
In the surrounding description, these emotions concern separation from Kṛṣṇa and correspond to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s emotions.
Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.
The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa resulted in highly elevated transcendental madness. When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lamentation”, “madness”, “separation”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”, “rādhārāṇī’s”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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How does this connection with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī help you approach Mahāprabhu’s lamentation?
Reread the translation and note the connection it makes between Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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