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  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 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.78

অন্তর্দশার কিছু ঘোর, কিছু বাহ্য-জ্ঞান ।

সেই দশা কহে ভক্ত ‘অর্ধবাহ্য’-নাম ॥ ৭৮ ॥

antar-daśāra kichu ghora, kichu bāhya-jñāna

sei daśā kahe bhakta ‘ardha-bāhya’-nāma

Translation

When the Lord was deeply absorbed in internal consciousness but He nevertheless exhibited some external consciousness, devotees called His condition ardha-bāhya, or half-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.

Understanding Half-External Consciousness

  1. 1

    The Lord was deeply absorbed in internal consciousness.

  2. 2

    Even in that absorption, He exhibited some external consciousness.

  3. 3

    The devotees called this condition ardha-bāhya, or half-external consciousness.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. antaḥ-daśāraof the internal condition
  2. kichusome
  3. ghoradeep state
  4. kichusome
  5. bāhya-jñānaexternal consciousness
  6. sei daśāthat condition
  7. kahesay
  8. bhaktadevotees
  9. ardha-bāhyahalf-external consciousness
  10. nāmaname
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the devotees’ explanation clarify the meaning of ardha-bāhya?

Practice

Write a one-sentence definition of ardha-bāhya using the description in this verse.

Live this todayUnderstanding Half-External ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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