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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.63
‘বিপ্রলম্ভ’ চতুর্বিধ — পূর্বরাগ, মান ।
প্রবাসাখ্য, আর প্রেমবৈচিত্ত্য-আখ্যান ॥ ৬৩ ॥
‘vipralambha’ catur-vidha — pūrva-rāga, māna
pravāsākhya, āra prema-vaicittya-ākhyāna
“Vipralambha has four divisions — pūrva-rāga, māna, pravāsa and prema-vaicittya.
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Vipralambha has four divisions.
Pūrva-rāga and māna are two of these divisions.
Pravāsa and prema-vaicittya are the other two 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 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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “prema-vaicittya”
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Which of these four names do I need to review to remember them clearly?
Copy the four divisions of vipralambha, then try recalling them without looking.
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