Madhya-līlā

Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal—Love of Godhead

Verse 52 of 111
Cc Madhya 23.52

নির্বেদহর্ষাদি—তেত্রিশ ঽব্যভিচারীঽ সব মিলিঽ ঽরসঽ হয চমত্কারকারী

निर्वेदहर्षादि—तेत्रिश ऽव्यभिचारीऽ सब मिलिऽ ऽरसऽ हय चमत्कारकारी

nirveda-harṣādi—tetriśa 'vyabhicārī' saba mili' 'rasa' haya camatkārakārī

Synonyms

nirveda-harṣa-ādicomplete despondency, jubilation and so on; tetriśathirty-three; vyabhicārītransitory elements; saba mili'all meeting together; rasathe mellow; hayabecomes; camatkārakārīa causer of wonder..

Translation

"There are other ingredients beginning with complete despondency and jubilation. Altogether there are thirty-three varieties, and when these combine, the mellow becomes very wonderful.

Purport

Nirveda, harṣa, and other symptoms are explained in Madhya-līlā (14.167). The transitory elements (vyabhicārī) are described in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu [2.4.1-3] as follows:

athocyante trayas triṁśad-
bhāvā ye vyabhicāriṇaḥ
viśeṣeṇābhimukhyena
caranti sthāyinaṁ prati
vāg-aṅga-sattva-sūcyā ye
jñeyās te vyabhicāriṇaḥ

sañcārayanti bhāvasya
gatiṁ sañcāriṇo 'pi te
unmajjanti nimajjanti
stāyiny-amṛta-vāridhau
ūrmivad vardhayanty enaṁ
yānti tad-rūpatāṁ ca te

There are thirty-three transitory elements known as vyabhicārī—ecstatic emotions. They especially wander about the permanent sentiments as assistants. They are to be known by words, by different symptoms seen in the limbs and in other parts of the body, and by the peculiar conditions of the heart. Because they set in motion the progress of the permanent sentiments, they are specifically called sañcārī, or impelling principles. These impelling principles rise up and fall back in the permanent sentiments of ecstatic love like waves in an ocean of ecstasy. Consequently they are called vyabhicāri.

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