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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.32
আচম্বিতে স্ফুরে কৃষ্ণের মথুরা-গমন ।
উদ্ঘূর্ণা-দশা হৈল উন্মাদ-লক্ষণ ॥ ৩২ ॥
ācambite sphure kṛṣṇera mathurā-gamana
udghūrṇā-daśā haila unmāda-lakṣaṇa
Suddenly there awoke within Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the scene of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s departure to Mathurā, and He began exhibiting the symptom of ecstatic madness known as udghūrṇā.
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The scene of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s departure to Mathurā suddenly awakens within Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He begins exhibiting a symptom of ecstatic madness known as udghūrṇā.
This experience follows the description of His ever-increasing feelings of separation in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstasy.
Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.
The mood of Antya 19 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:
This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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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”, “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’s”
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How does the scene of Kṛṣṇa’s departure deepen my understanding of the separation described here?
Write down “udghūrṇā” and its description in this verse: a symptom of ecstatic madness.
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