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CC Antya 15.5

Text

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.