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The Liberation of Sārvabhauma Bhattācārya
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These uncommon symptoms of ecstatic love indicated the Supreme Person, but despite having seen all these symptoms, the Bhaṭṭācārya could not understand the Lord's transcendental nature. He was considering the Lord's pastimes to be mundane. This was certainly due to illusion.
TEXT 922
দেখিলে না দেখে তারে বহির্মুখ জন ।”
শুনি’ হাসি’ সার্বভৌম বলিল বচন ॥ ৯২ ॥
dekhile nā dekhe tāre bahirmukha jana’’ śuni’ hāsi’ sārvabhauma balila vacana
SYNONYMS
dekhile —even after seeing;  nā —not;  dekhe —sees;  tāre —the Supreme Person;  bahiḥ-mukha jana —a person influenced by the external energy;  śuni' —hearing this;  hāsi' —smiling;  sārvabhauma —Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya;  balila —said;  vacana —the words.
TRANSLATION
“A person influenced by the external energy is called bahirmukha jana, a mundane person, because despite his perception, he cannot understand the real substance.” Hearing Gopīnātha Ācārya say this, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya smiled and began to speak as follows.
PURPORT
When one’s heart is not cleansed, one cannot awaken the transcendental nature of devotional service. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yeşārṅ tv anta-gatarṅ pāparṅ janānārṅ puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante mārṅ dṛḍha-vratāḥ
“Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated and who are freed from the duality of delusion engage themselves in My service with determination.” (Bg. 7.28)
When one is actually engaged in pure devotional service, it is understood that he has already attained freedom from all reactions to sinful activities. In other words, it is to be understood that devotees are already freed from sin. A sinful person, a miscreant ( duşkrṭi ), cannot engage in devotional service. Nor can one