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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.125

unmādo, yathā –
[unmaado, yathaa –]
proṣite bata nijādhidaivate
[proshite bata nijaadhidaivate]
raivate navam avekṣya nīradam |
[raivate navam avekshya neeradam |]
bhrānta-dhīr ayam adhīram uddhavaḥ
[bhraanta-dheer ayam adheeram uddhavah]
paśya nauti ramate namasyati ||125||
[pashya nauti ramate namasyati ||125||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
unmādo, yathā –
proṣite bata nijādhidaivate
raivate navam avekṣya nīradam |
bhrānta-dhīr ayam adhīram uddhavaḥ
paśya nauti ramate namasyati ||125||
An example of unmāda (insanity) in viyoga: When his personal deity went away, Uddhava became confused in mind. Look, seeing a fresh cloud on Raivata Mountain, he is praising it, frolicking about, and offering his respects to it.

Uddhava’s craziness was practically proved when he went to Raivataka Hill to minutely observe the congested black clouds. In his disturbed condition, he began to pray to these clouds, and he expressed his jubilation by bowing down before them.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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