Text 242] The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vrndavana 281

TRANSLATION

“What kind of means you will have to use at that time will be revealed by
Krsna. If one has Krsna’s mercy, no one can check him.”

PURPORT

Although Srila Raghunatha dasa was very anxious to join Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu, the Lord advised him to wait for the mercy of Lord Krsna. He recom-
mended that Raghunatha dasa keep his Krsna consciousness firmly fixed in his
heart while externally behaving like an ordinary man. This is a trick for everyone
advanced in Krsna consciousness. One can live in society like an ordinary human
being, but at the same time one’s own business should be to satisfy Krsna and
spread His glories. A Krsna conscious person should not be absorbed in material
things, for his only business is the devotional service of the Lord. If one is engaged
in this way, Krsna will certainly bestow His mercy. As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
advised Raghunatha dasa: yathd-yogya visaya bhufija’ andsakta hafid. The same is
repeated: antare nistha kara, bahye loka-vyavahara. This means that one must
have no other desire within his heart than to serve Krsna. On the basis of such a
conviction, one can cultivate Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed in Bhakti-
rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.200):

laukiki vaidiki vapi

yd kriyd kriyate mune
hari-sevanukdlaiva

sa karya bhaktim icchata

A devotee may act as an ordinary human being or as a strict follower of Vedic in-
junctions. In either case, everything he does is favorable for the advancement of
devotional service because he is in Krsna consciousness.

TEXT 242

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eta kahi’ mahaprabhu tanre vidaya dila
ghare asi’ mahdprabhura siksa dcarila

SYNONYMS
eta kahi’—saying this; mahéprabhu—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; taéhre—unto
Raghunatha dasa; vidaya dila—bade farewell; ghare 4si’—returning home;
mahdaprabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; siksa—the instruction; dcarila—
practiced.
