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CC Madhya 23.58

Bengali

অধিরূঢ়-মহাভাব — দুই ত’ প্রকার ।
সম্ভোগে ‘মাদন’, বিরহে ‘মোহন’ নাম তার ॥ ৫৮ ॥

Text

adhirūḍha-mahābhāva — dui ta’ prakāra
sambhoge ‘mādana’, virahe ‘mohana’ nāma tāra

Synonyms

adhirūḍha-mahābhāva — highly advanced ecstasy; dui ta’ prakāra — two varieties; sambhoge — in actually meeting; mādana — mādana; virahe — in separation; mohana — mohana; nāma — the names; tāra — of them.

Translation

“Highly advanced ecstasy is divided into two categories — mādana and mohana. Meeting together is called mādana, and separation is called mohana.