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In plain words

As he dances he goes now and then into samadhi, and then stands in the midst of the kirtan like a figure in a picture. In that state the devotees decked him with garlands of flowers, big thick garlands. To the devotees it is as though Sri Gauranga were standing before them, deep in the samadhi of bhava. At times the Lord is in the inmost state, and then, like something inert, like a figure in a picture, he is lost to the world. At times he is half conscious of the world, and then, filled with love, he dances. And at times, like Sri Gauranga, he is fully conscious of the world, and then he sings kirtan with the devotees.