Text 92] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 241

These uncommon symptoms of ecstatic love indicated the Supreme Person, but
despite having seen all these symptoms, the Bhattacarya 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 92

CHICA A Hee Sirs afaqe wa 1”
wir afr m4cela afar apa i 2 I

dekhile na dekhe tare bahirmukha jana’”’
suni’ hasi’ sarvabhauma balila vacana

SYNONYMS

dekhile—even after seeing; na—not; dekhe—sees; tare —the Supreme Person;
bahih-mukha jana—a person influenced by the external energy; suni’—hearing
this; hdasi’—smiling; sarvabhauma—Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya; 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 Gopinatha Acarya say this, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
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-gita:

yesarn tv anta-gatam papam
jandnam punya-karmanam

te dvandva-moha-nirmukta
bhajante mam drdha-vratah

“Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful ac-
tions 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 (duskrti), cannot engage in devotional service. Nor can one
