CC Madhya 17.50

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 50

যদ্যপি প্রভু লোক-সংঘট্টের ত্রাসে ।
প্রেম ‘গুপ্ত’ করেন, বাহিরে না প্রকাশে ॥ ৫০ ॥

yadyapi prabhu loka-saṅghaṭṭera trāse
prema ‘gupta’ karena, bāhire nā prakāśe

Word by word

yadyapi — although; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; loka-saṅghaṭṭera — of crowds of people; trāse — being afraid; prema — ecstasy; gupta karena — keeps hidden; bāhire — externally; nā — does not; prakāśe — manifest.

Translation

The Lord did not always manifest His ecstasy. Being afraid of a great assembly of people, the Lord kept His ecstasy concealed.