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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 2.5
নিরন্তর হয় প্রভুর বিরহ-উন্মাদ ।
ভ্রমময় চেষ্টা সদা, প্রলাপময় বাদ ॥ ৫ ॥
nirantara haya prabhura viraha-unmāda
bhrama-maya ceṣṭā sadā, pralāpa-maya vāda
The Lord constantly exhibited a state of mind reflecting the madness of separation. All His activities were based on forgetfulness, and His talks were always based on madness.
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The Lord constantly exhibited a state of mind reflecting the madness of separation.
All His activities were based on forgetfulness.
His talks were always based on madness.
Overwhelming divine separation. A preview of the last years reveals the Lord’s intense separation from Kṛṣṇa.
The mood of Madhya 2 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:
In the second chapter of the Madhya-līlā, the author describes the pastimes the Lord performed during the last twelve years of His life. Thus he has also described some of the pastimes of the antya-līlā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 2
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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: “separation”, “madness”
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How does the verse show separation affecting both the Lord’s activities and His speech?
Read the verse slowly and identify its three descriptions: the Lord’s state of mind, His activities, and His talks.
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