CC Antya 15.5
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Antya-līlā - Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
TEXT 5
- kabhu bhāve magna, kabhu ardha-bāhya-sphūrti
- kabhu bāhya-sphūrti,—tina rīte prabhu-sthiti
SYNONYMS
kabhu—sometimes; bhāve—in ecstatic emotion; magna—merged; kabhu—sometimes; ardha—half; bāhya-sphūrti—in external consciousness; kabhu—sometimes; bāhya-sphūrti—in full external consciousness; tina rīte—in three ways; prabhu-sthiti—the situation of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
The Lord would maintain Himself in three states of consciousness: sometimes He merged totally in ecstatic emotion, sometimes He was in partial external consciousness, and sometimes He was in full external consciousness.