Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c8.s3.67

c8.s3.67

(iv) Pravāsa, psychological effect of separation due to the absence of the hero gone abroad. The separation may be either deliberate (which may again be present, past or future)² or forced; and the exodus may be to a place which is very distant or not very distant. The ten stages of this condition are: Cintā (reflection), Jāgara (sleeplessness), Udvega (anxiety), Tānava (thinness), Malināṅgatā (paleness of the limbs), Pralāpa (lamentation), Vyādhi (illness), Unmāda (dementedness), Moha (unconsciousness) and Mṛtyu (death). With regard to Pravāsa, the author adds that in his eternal sport (Nitya-līlā), there is no real separation of Kṛṣṇa and the Vraja-devīs, for their union is perpetual; but the condition