kabhu - sometimes; bhāve - in ecstatic emotion; magna - merged; kabhu - sometimes; ardha - half; bāhya-sphūrti - in external consciousness; kabhu - sometimes; bāhya-sphūrti - in full external consciousness; tina rīte - in three ways; prabhu-sthiti - the situation of the Lord.

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.