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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.5

কভু ভাবে মগ্ন, কভু অর্ধ-বাহ্যস্ফূর্তি ।

কভু বাহ্যস্ফূর্তি, — তিন রীতে প্রভুস্থিতি ॥ ৫ ॥

kabhu bhāve magna, kabhu ardha-bāhya-sphūrti

kabhu bāhya-sphūrti, — tina rīte prabhu-sthiti

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.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Three States of Consciousness

  1. 1

    Sometimes the Lord merged totally in ecstatic emotion.

  2. 2

    Sometimes He was in partial external consciousness.

  3. 3

    Sometimes He was in full external consciousness. These were the three states described in the verse.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After seeing the upala-bhoga ceremony of Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once more began to feel ecstatic emotions. When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kabhusometimes
  2. bhāvein ecstatic emotion
  3. magnamerged
  4. kabhusometimes
  5. ardhahalf
  6. bāhya-sphūrtiin external consciousness
  7. kabhusometimes
  8. bāhya-sphūrtiin full external consciousness
  9. tina rītein three ways
  10. prabhu-sthitithe situation of the Lord
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does distinguishing these three states help you follow the description of the Lord’s absorption?

Practice

Write down the three states of consciousness described in this verse.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Three States of ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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