bāhya-kṛtya karena, preme garagara mana
kaṣṭe samvaraṇa karena, āveśa saghana

 bāhya-kṛtya - external activities; karena - performs; preme - in ecstatic love; garagara - filled; mana - mind; kaṣṭe - with great difficulty; samvaraṇa karena - restricts; āveśa - ecstasy; saghana - very deep.


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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu 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.

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