CC Madhya 22.156-157 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 156-157
- bāhya, antara,—ihāra dui ta’ sādhana
- ’bāhye’ sādhaka-dehe kare śravaṇa-kīrtana
- ’mane’ nija-siddha-deha kariyā bhāvana
- rātri-dine kare vraje kṛṣṇera sevana
SYNONYMS
bāhya—externally; antara—internally; ihāra—of this spontaneous love of Godhead; dui—two; ta’—indeed; sādhana—such processes of execution; bāhye—externally; sādhaka-dehe—with the body of an advanced devotee; kare—does; śravaṇa-kīrtana—hearing and chanting; mane—the mind; nija—own; siddha-deha—eternal body or self-realized position; kariyā bhāvana—thinking of; rātri-dine—night and day; kare—executes; vraje—in Vṛndāvana; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sevana—service.
TRANSLATION
“There are two processes by which one may execute this rāgānugā bhakti—external and internal. When self-realized, the advanced devotee externally remains like a neophyte and executes all the śāstric injunctions, especially those concerning hearing and chanting. But within his mind, in his original, purified, self-realized position, he serves Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana in his particular way. He serves Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours a day, all day and night.