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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.96
প্রলাপ সহিত এই উন্মাদ-বর্ণন ।
শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞি ইহা করিয়াছেন বর্ণন ॥ ৯৬ ॥
pralāpa sahita ei unmāda-varṇana
śrī-rūpa-gosāñi ihā kariyāchena varṇana
There He exhibited transcendental madness and ecstatic ravings, which Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has described very nicely in his Stava-mālā as follows.
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In the garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited transcendental madness.
He also expressed ecstatic ravings.
Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has described these expressions very nicely in his Stava-mālā, which the narrator now introduces.
Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on. The Lord experienced all eight kinds of ecstatic transformations, and He relished them very much.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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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: “madness”
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How do the words “transcendental” and “ecstatic” guide my understanding of the Lord’s expressions?
Write down the two descriptions used here—“transcendental madness” and “ecstatic ravings”—and reflect briefly on their wording.
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