Antya 14.16

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এতস্য মোহনাখ্যস্য গতিং কামপ্যুপেয়ুষঃ ।
ভ্রমাভা কাপি বৈচিত্রী দিব্যোন্মাদ ইতীর্যতে ।
উদ্ঘূর্ণা-চিত্রজল্পাদ্যাস্তদ্ভেদা বহবৌ মতাঃ ॥ ১৬ ॥

etasya mohanakhyasya

gatim kamapy upeyusah

bhramabha kapi vaicitri

divyonmada itiryate

udghurna-citra-jalpadyas

tad-bheda bahavo matah

SYNONYMS

etasya-of this; mohana-akhyasya-mood known as mohana, or enchanting; gatim-progress; kamapi-inexplicable; upeyusah-having obtained; bhrama-abha-resembling bewilderment; kapi-some; vaicitri-condition bringing about astonishment; divya-unmada-transcendental madness; iti-thus; iryate-it is called; udghurna-of the name udghurna; citra-jalpa-of the name citra-jalpa; adyah-and so on; tat-bhedah-different features of that; bahavah-many; matah-described.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Ujjvala-nilamani (Sthayibhava-prakarana, 190).