194 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 14
TRANSLATION
Such is the state of transcendental madness. Why is it difficult to under-
stand? When one is highly elevated in love of Krsna, he becomes transcen-
dentally mad and talks like a madman.
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etasya mohanakhyasya
gatim kamapy upeyusah
bhramabhd kapi vaicitri
divyonmdda itiryate
udgharnd-citra-jalpadyds
tad-bheda bahavo matdah
SYNONYMS
etasya—of this; mohana-aékhyasya—mood known as mohana, or enchanting;
gatim—progress; kamapi—inexplicable; upeyusah—having obtained; bhrama-
abha—resembling bewilderment; kaépi—some; vaicitri—condition bringing about
astonishment; divya-unmadda—transcendental madness; iti—thus; iryate—it is
called; udghdrnd—of the name udghurnd; citra-jalpa—of the name citra-jalpa;
ddyah—and so on; tat-bhedah—different features of that; bahavah—many;
matah —described.
TRANSLATION
“When the ecstatic emotion of enchantment gradually progresses, it be-
comes similar to bewilderment. Then one reaches the stage of astonishment
[vaicitri], which awakens transcendental madness. Udghirna and citra-jalpa
are two among the many divisions of transcendental madness.”’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Ujjvala-nilamani (Sthayibhava-prakarana, 190).
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