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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.60
চিত্রজল্পের দশ অঙ্গ — প্রজল্পাদি-নাম ।
‘ভ্রমর-গীতা’র দশ শ্লোক তাহাতে প্রমাণ ॥ ৬০ ॥
citra-jalpera daśa aṅga — prajalpādi-nāma
‘bhramara-gītā’ra daśa śloka tāhāte pramāṇa
“Mad emotional talks include ten divisions, called prajalpa and other names. An example of this is the ten verses spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī called ‘The Song to the Bumblebee.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Imaginative mad talks, known as citra-jalpa, have ten categories.
These are prajalpa, parijalpa, vijalpa, ujjalpa, sañjalpa, avajalpa, abhijalpa, ājalpa, pratijalpa and sujalpa. There are no English equivalents for these different features of imaginative talk.
The ten verses spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, called ‘The Song to the Bumblebee,’ are an example of these mad emotional talks.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.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.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the absence of English equivalents remind me about learning these terms carefully?
Read the ten names aloud once, keeping their spellings before you.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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