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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 18]
TRANSLATION
As soon as He got up, His bones assumed their proper places. With half-external consciousness, the Lord looked here and there.
TEXT 77
‘তিন-দশায় মহাপ্রভু-রহেন সর্বকাল । ‘অন্তর্দশা’, ‘বাহ্যদশা’, ‘অর্ধবাহ্য’ আর ॥ ৭৭ ॥
tina-daśāya mahāprabhu rahena sarva-kāla ‘antar-daśā’, ‘bāhya-daśā’, ‘ardha-bāhya’ āra
SYNONYMS
tina-daśāya —in three conditions;  mahāprabhu —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  rahena —remains;  sarva-kāla —at all times;  antaḥ-daśā —internal condition;  bāhya-daśā —external condition;  ardha-bāhya —half-external consciousness;  āra —and.
TRANSLATION
The Lord remains in one of three different states of consciousness at all times: internal, external, and half-external.
TEXT 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
SYNONYMS
antaḥ-daśāra —of the internal condition;  kichu —some;  ghora —deep state;  kichu —some;  bāhya-jñāna —external consciousness;  sei daśā —that condition;  kahe —say;  bhakta —devotees;  ardha-bāhya —half-external consciousness;  nāma —name.
TRANSLATION
When the Lord is deeply absorbed in internal consciousness but He nevertheless exhibits some external consciousness, devotees call His condition  ardha-bāhya , or  half-external consciousness .