Madhya 22.156-157
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TEXTS 156-157
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বাহ্য, অন্তর, - ইহার দুই ত' সাধন ।
'বাহ্যে' সাধক-দেহে করে শ্রবণ-কীর্তন ॥ ১৫৬ ॥ bahya, antara,-ihara dui ta' sadhana
'bahye' sadhaka-dehe kare sravana-kirtana
'mane' nija-siddha-deha kariya bhavana
ratri-dine kare vraje krsnera sevana
SYNONYMS
bahya-externally; antara-internally; ihara-of this spontaneous love of Godhead; dui-two; ta'-indeed; sadhana-such processes of execution; bahye-externally; sadhaka-dehe-with the body of an advanced devotee; kare-does; sravana-kirtana-hearing and chanting; mane-the mind; nija-own; siddha-deha-eternal body or self-realized position; kariya bhavana-thinking of; ratri-dine-night and day; kare-executes; vraje-in Vrndavana; krsnera-of Lord Krsna; sevana-service.
TRANSLATION
"There are two processes by which one may execute this raganuga bhakti-external and internal. When self-realized, the advanced devotee externally remains like a neophyte and executes all the sastric injunctions, especially hearing and chanting. However, within his mind, in his original purified self-realized position, he serves Krsna in Vrndavana in his particular way. He serves Krsna twenty-four hours, all day and night.
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