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CC Madhya 22.158 (1975): Difference between revisions

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 158

sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa
siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi
tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā
vraja-lokānusārataḥ


SYNONYMS

sevā—service; sādhaka-rūpeṇa—with the external body as a devotee practicing regulative devotional service; siddha-rūpeṇa—with a body suitable for eternal, self-realized service; ca—also; atra—in this connection; hi—certainly; tat—of that; bhāva—the mood; lipsunā—desiring to obtain; kāryā—to be executed; vraja-loka—of a particular servant of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana; anusārataḥ—by following in the footsteps.


TRANSLATION

“‘The advanced devotee who is inclined to spontaneous loving service should follow the activities of a particular associate of Kṛṣṇa’s in Vṛndāvana. He should execute service externally as a regulative devotee as well as internally from his self-realized position. Thus he should perform devotional service both externally and internally.’


PURPORT

This verse is also found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.295).