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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.59
‘মাদনে’ — চুম্বনাদি হয় অনন্ত বিভেদ ।
‘উদঘূর্ণা’, ‘চিত্রজল্প’ — ‘মোহনে’ দুই ভেদ ॥ ৫৯ ॥
‘mādane’ — cumbanādi haya ananta vibheda
‘udghūrṇā’, ‘citra-jalpa’ — ‘mohane’ dui bheda
“On the mādana platform there are kissing and many other symptoms, which are unlimited. In the mohana stage, there are two divisions — udghūrṇā [unsteadiness] and citra-jalpa [varieties of mad emotional talks].
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On the mādana platform, kissing and many other symptoms appear. These symptoms are unlimited.
The mohana stage has two divisions: udghūrṇā and citra-jalpa.
Udghūrṇā means unsteadiness, while citra-jalpa means varieties of mad emotional talks.
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:
In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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Write down the two divisions of mohana with their meanings.
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