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tan-sabara sange prabhura chila bahya-jnana

tanra gele punah haila unmada pradhana

SYNONYMS

tan-sabara—all of them; sange—with; prabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; chila—there was; bahya-jnana—external consciousness; tanra gele—when they departed; punah—again; haila—there was; unmada—madness; pradhana—the chief business.

As long as the devotees were in Nilacala, Jagannatha Puri, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu maintained His external consciousness, but after their departure His chief engagement was again the madness of ecstatic love for Krsna.