Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.19

patsaha dekhiya sabe sambhrame uthila

sambhrame asana diya rajare vasaila

SYNONYMS

patsaha dekhiya -- seeing the Nawab; sabe -- all of them; sambhrame -- in great respect; uthila -- stood up; sambhrame -- with great respect; asana diya -- giving a sitting place; rajare -- the King; vasaila -- made to sit.

TRANSLATION

As soon as all the brahmanas and Sanatana Gosvami 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 Sanatana Gosvami 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 the Bhagavad-gita (10.41) Lord Krishna says:

yad yad vibhutimat sattvam srimad urjitam eva va

tat tad evavagaccha tvam mama tejo-'msa-sambhavam

"Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor."

Whenever we see something exalted, we must consider it part of the power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A powerful man (vibhutimat sattvam) is one who has obtained the grace of the Lord or has derived some power from Him. In the Bhagavad-gita (7.10) Krishna says, tejas tejasvinam aham: "I am the power of the powerful." The learned brahmana scholars showed respect to Nawab Hussain Shah because he represented a fraction of Krishna's power.

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