Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 15.120

bahye raja-vaidya inho kare raja-seva

antare krishna-prema inhara janibeka keba

SYNONYMS

bahye -- externally; raja-vaidya -- royal physician; inho -- he; kare -- performs; raja-seva -- government service; antare -- within the heart; krishna-prema -- love of Krishna; inhara -- of Mukunda dasa; janibeka -- can know; keba -- who.

TRANSLATION

"Mukunda dasa externally appears to be a royal physician engaged in governmental service, but internally he has a deep love for Krishna. Who can understand his love?

PURPORT

Unless Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu 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 the Caitanya-caritamrita (Madhya 23.39), tanra vakya, kriya, mudra vijneha na bujhaya: even the most perfect and learned scholar cannot understand a Vaishnava's activities. A Vaishnava 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 Vaishnava -- that is, an eternally liberated Vaishnava. Externally Mukunda dasa was a royal physician, but internally he was the most liberated paramahamsa devotee. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu knew this very well, but ordinary men could not understand it, for the activities and plans of a Vaishnava cannot be understood by ordinary men. However, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 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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