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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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.