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bahya-krtya karena, preme garagara mana

kaste samvarana karena, avesa saghana

SYNONYMS

bahya-krtya—external activities; karena—performs; preme—in ecstatic love; garagara—filled; mana—mind; kaste—with great difficulty; samvarana karena—restricts; avesa—ecstasy; saghana—very deep.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed His external activities, but His mind was filled with ecstatic love.

With great difficulty He tried to restrain His mind, but it would always be overwhelmed by very deep ecstasy.