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more intimately in the bliss of the "essential nature"
(svarupa) of God. It is therefore an "even greater"
sentiment. Although one wishes here even more earnestly
than elsewhere in the second and third chapters of the BR
for a commentary to provide further elucidation of
Madhusudana's meaning, his elevation of the tranquil bhakti
of the renunciates above the passionate rasa of the gop墨s,
and in this his flagrant violation of hallowed Vai峁ａ箛ava
precedent, is clear enough.
94 The last and certainly not the least important idea
introduced here is contained in the enigmatic attribution to
suddhabhakti of "only one form" (ekar奴pa). Pandeya, the
author of the Hindi commentary, explains this as meaning
that suddhabhakti is experienced only in the mode of union
or consummation (sambhoga) and not, as in the case of
s峁浤乬膩ra, in the two forms of union and separation (vipra-
lamba).95
If this is Madhus奴dana's intention, as seems
likely, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that, at the
pinnacle of his scheme of devotion, he is allowing a
dramatic resurgence of the spirit of Advaita. The ecstatic
pain of love-in-separation, while an essential ingredient of
gopi-bhakti and a vital element in the traditional K峁涐梗峁嘺ite
understanding of preman and mah膩bh膩va, is ultimately
96 eliminated in Madhus奴dana's version of suddhabhakti.