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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 16

etasya mohanākhyasya
gatiṁ kām apy upeyuṣaḥ
bhramābhā kāpi vaicitrī
divyonmāda itīryate
udghūrṇā-citra-jalpādyās
tad-bhedā bahavo matāḥ


SYNONYMS

etasya — of this; mohana-ākhyasya — mood known as mohana, or enchanting; gatim — progress; kām api — inexplicable; upeyuṣaḥ — having obtained; bhrama-ābhā — resembling bewilderment; api — some; vaicitrī — condition bringing about astonishment; divya-unmāda — transcendental madness; iti — thus; īryate — it is called; udghūrṇāudghūrṇā; citra-jalpacitra-jalpa; ādyāḥ — and so on; tat-bhedāḥ — different features of that; bahavaḥ — many; matāḥ — described.


TRANSLATION

"When the ecstatic emotion of enchantment gradually progresses, it becomes similar to bewilderment. Then one reaches the stage of astonishment [vaicitrī], which awakens transcendental madness. Udghūrṇā and citra-jalpa are two among the many divisions of transcendental madness."


PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Sthāyi-bhāva-prakaraṇa 174).