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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.62
‘সম্ভোগ’-‘বিপ্রলম্ভ’-ভেদে দ্বিবিধ শৃঙ্গার ।
সম্ভোগের অনন্ত অঙ্গ, নাহি অন্ত তার ॥ ৬২ ॥
‘sambhoga’-‘vipralambha’-bhede dvividha śṛṅgāra
sambhogera ananta aṅga, nāhi anta tāra
“In conjugal love [śṛṅgāra] there are two departments — meeting and separation. On the platform of meeting, there are unlimited varieties that are beyond description.
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Conjugal love is called śṛṅgāra.
It has two departments: meeting and separation.
On the platform of meeting, there are unlimited varieties. These varieties are beyond description.
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:
Their fundamental natures and their varieties are also described. The Lord also informs Sanātana Gosvāmī about all the confidential paraphernalia of devotional service.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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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: “conjugal”
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 the phrase ‘beyond description’ shape my understanding of meeting in conjugal love?
Write a brief study note naming the two departments of śṛṅgāra.
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