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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.58
অধিরূঢ়-মহাভাব — দুই ত’ প্রকার ।
সম্ভোগে ‘মাদন’, বিরহে ‘মোহন’ নাম তার ॥ ৫৮ ॥
adhirūḍha-mahābhāva — dui ta’ prakāra
sambhoge ‘mādana’, virahe ‘mohana’ nāma tāra
“Highly advanced ecstasy is divided into two categories — mādana and mohana. Meeting together is called mādana, and separation is called mohana.
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Highly advanced ecstasy is divided into two categories: mādana and mohana.
Meeting together is called mādana.
Separation is called mohana.
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:
Conjugal love is divided into two categories — svakīya and parakīya. Svakīya refers to loving affairs between husband and wife, and parakīya refers to loving affairs between two lovers.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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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How does the distinction between meeting and separation help you remember these two categories?
Write “mādana—meeting together” and “mohana—separation,” then recall the meanings without looking.
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