CC Antya 16.103

Antya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 103

বাহ্য-কৃত্য করেন, প্রেমে গরগর মন ।
কষ্টে সম্বরণ করেন, আবেশ সঘন ॥ ১০৩ ॥

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

Word by word

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.

Translation

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.