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CC Madhya 22.156-157 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXTS 156-157

bāhya, antara,--ihāra dui ta' sādhana
'bāhye' sādhaka-dehe kare śravaṇa-kīrtan
'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 hearing and chanting. However, 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, all day and night.