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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.186
দেখিতে নানা-ভাব হয় বিলক্ষণ ।
যে বৈলক্ষণ্যের নাম ‘বিলাস’-ভূষণ ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
dekhite nānā-bhāva haya vilakṣaṇa
se vailakṣaṇyera nāma ‘vilāsa’-bhūṣaṇa
“The symptoms of various ecstasies that become manifest at that time are called vilāsa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The symptoms described here are expressions of various ecstasies.
When these symptoms become manifest at that time, they are called vilāsa.
The purport introduces a description of vilāsa from the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 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:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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What does the word vilāsa name in this translation?
Write a short definition of vilāsa using the words “symptoms of various ecstasies.”
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