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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.51
‘অনুভাব’ — স্মিত, নৃত্য, গীতাদি উদ্ভাস্বর ।
স্তম্ভাদি — ‘সাত্ত্বিক’ অনুভাবের ভিতর ॥ ৫১ ॥
‘anubhāva’ — smita, nṛtya, gītādi udbhāsvara
stambhādi — ‘sāttvika’ anubhāvera bhitara
“The subordinate ecstasies are smiling, dancing and singing, as well as different manifestations in the body. The natural ecstasies, such as being stunned, are considered among the subordinate ecstasies [anubhāva].
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Smiling, dancing and singing are counted among the subordinate ecstasies.
Subordinate ecstasies also include different manifestations in the body.
Natural ecstasies, such as being stunned, are considered among the subordinate ecstasies, called anubhāva.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
There are a number of descriptions in this connection. There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this description teach you about the different ways ecstasy can be expressed?
Write down three expressions of subordinate ecstasy named in this verse.
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