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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.77
তিন-দশায় মহাপ্রভু রহেন সর্বকাল ।
‘অন্তর্দশা’, ‘বাহ্যদশা’, ‘অর্ধবাহ্য’ আর ॥ ৭৭ ॥
tina-daśāya mahāprabhu rahena sarva-kāla
‘antar-daśā’, ‘bāhya-daśā’, ‘ardha-bāhya’ āra
The Lord remained in one of three different states of consciousness at all times: internal, external and half-external.
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The Lord remained in one of three states of consciousness at all times.
These states were internal, external and half-external.
In the scene just described, He looked here and there in half-external consciousness.
Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.
The mood of Antya 18 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thereafter, when the devotees chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to His external consciousness. Then they brought Him back to His own residence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 18
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Write down the three states named in this verse.
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