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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.56
শান্তাদি রসের ‘যোগ’, ‘বিয়োগ’ — দুই ভেদ ।
সখ্য-বাৎসল্যে যোগাদির অনেক বিভেদ ॥ ৫৬ ॥
śāntādi rasera ‘yoga’, ‘viyoga’ — dui bheda
sakhya-vātsalye yogādira aneka vibheda
“There are two divisions of each of the five mellows — yoga [connection] and viyoga [separation]. Among the mellows of friendship and parental affection, there are many divisions of connection and separation.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Each of the five mellows has two divisions.
These divisions are yoga, meaning connection, and viyoga, meaning separation.
In friendship and parental affection, connection and separation have many divisions.
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.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”, “parental”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this verse broaden your understanding of connection and separation within the mellows?
Write yoga beside “connection” and viyoga beside “separation,” then read both pairs aloud.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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