14.16

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 “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).