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Ššrii Caaitanva =cariitāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch. 15
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বাম্বে রাজনৈত্য ইঁহো করে রাজ-সেবা। অন্তুরে কৃষ্ণ-প্রেম ইঁহার জানিবেক কেবা ॥ ১২০ ॥
bāhye rāja-vaidya iṅho kare rāja-sevā antare krsna-prema iṅhāra jānibeka kebā
SYNONYMS
bāhye —externally;  rāja-vaidya —royal physician;  iṅho —he;  kare —performs;  rāja-sevā —government service;  antare —within the heart;  kṛṣṇa-prema —love of Krṣna;  iṅhāra —of Mukunda dāsa;  jānibeka —can know;  kebā —who.
TRANSLATION
“Mukunda dāsa externally appears to be a royal physician engaged in governmental service, but internally he has a deep love for Kṛṣṇa. Who can understand his love?
PURPORT
Unless Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu discloses the fact, no one can understand who is actually a great devotee of the Lord engaged in His service. It is therefore said in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Madhya  23.39),  tāṅra vākya, kriyā, mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya : even the most perfect and learned scholar cannot understand a Vaiṣṇava's activities. A Vaiṣṇava may be engaged in governmental service or in a professional business so that externally one cannot understand his position. Internally, however, he may be a  nitya-siddha  Vaiṣṇava—that is, an eternally liberated Vaiṣṇava. Externally Mukunda dāsa was a royal physician, but internally he was the most liberated  paramahaṁsa  devotee. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu knew this very well, but ordinary men could not understand it, for the activities and plans of a Vaiṣṇava cannot be understood by ordinary men. However, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His representative understand everything about a devotee, even though the devotee may externally pretend to be an ordinary householder and professional businessman.
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এক দিন ম্লেচ্ছ-রাজার উচ্চ-টুলিতে । চিকিৎসার বাত, কছে তাঁছার অগ্রেতে ॥ ১২১ ॥
eka dina mleccha-rājāra ucca-ṭuṅgite cikitsāra vāt kahe tāṅhāra agrete