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Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch. 19
TEXT 19
পাৎসাহ দেখিয়া সবে সন্ত্রমে উঠিলা। সন্ত্রমে আসন দিয়া রাজারে বসাইলা ॥ ১৯ ॥
pātsāha dekhiyā sabe sambhrame uṭhilā sambhrame āsana diyā rājāre vasāilā
SYNONYMS
pātsāha   dekhiyā —seeing the Nawab;  sabe —all of them;  sambhrame —in great respect;  uṭhilā —stood up;  sambhrame —with great respect;  āsana   diyā —giving a sitting place;  rājāre —the King;  vasāilā —made to sit.
TRANSLATION
As soon as all the brāhmaṇas and Sanātana Gosvāmī saw the Nawab appear, they all stood up and respectfully gave him a sitting place to honor him.
PURPORT
Although Nawab Hussain Shah was a  mleccha-yavana , he was nonetheless the governor of the country, and the learned scholars and Sanātana Gosvāmī offered him all the respect due a king or a governor. When a person occupies an exalted executive post, one should consider that he has acquired the grace of the Lord. In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said:
yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ 
    śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā 
    tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ 
    mama tejo ‘ṁśa-saṁbhavam
“Know that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.” (Bg. 10.41)
Whenever we see something exalted, we must consider it part of the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A powerful man ( vibhūtimat sattvam ) is one who has obtained the grace of the Lord or has derived some power from Him. In  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.10) Kṛṣṇa says,  tejas tejasvinām aham : “I am the power of the powerful.” The learned  brāhmaṇa  scholars showed respect to Nawab Hussain Shah because he represented a fraction of Kṛṣṇa’s power.
TEXT 20
রাজা কহে,—তোমার স্থানে বৈত্ত পাঠাইলুঁ । বৈত্ত কহে,—ব্যাধি নাহি, স্বচ্ছ যে দেখিলুঁ ॥ ২০ ॥