PURPORT

Vipralambha is described in the Ujjvala-nilamani [14.2-3]:

yunor ayuktayor bhavo
yuktayor vatha yo mithah
abhistaliṅganadinam
anavaptau prakrsyate
sa vipralambho vijneyah
sambhogonnatikarakah

na vina vipralambhena
sambhogah pustim asnute

When the lover and the beloved meet, they are called yukta (connected). Previous to their meeting, they are called ayukta (not connected). Whether connected or not connected, the ecstatic emotion arising due to not being able to embrace and kiss each other as desired is called vipralambha. This vipralambha helps nourish emotions at the time of meeting. Similarly, sambhoga is thus described [14.188]:

darsanaliṅganadinam
anukulyan nisevaya
yunor ullasam arohan
bhavah sambhoga

"Meeting each other and embracing each other are aimed at bringing about the happiness of both the lover and the beloved. When this stage becomes increasingly jubilant, the resultant ecstatic emotion is called sambhoga." When awakened, sambhoga is divided into four categories:

(1) purva-raga-anantara-after purva-raga (attachment prior to meeting), sambhoga is called brief (saṅksipta);

(2) mana-anantara-after mana (anger based on love), sambhoga is called encroached (saṅkirna);

(3) kincid-dura-pravasa-anantara-after being a little distance away for some time, sambhoga is called accomplished (sampanna);

(4) sudura-pravasa-anantara-after being far away, sambhoga is called perfection (samrddhiman).

The meetings of the lovers that take place in dreams also have these four divisions.