22.158

seva sadhaka-rupena

siddha-rupena catra hi

tad-bhava-lipsuna karya

vraja-lokanusaratah

SYNONYMS

seva—service; sadhaka-rupena—with the external body as a devotee practicing regulative devotional service; siddha-rupena—with a body suitable for eternal, self-realized service; ca—also; atra—in this connection; hi—certainly; tat—of that; bhava—the mood; lipsuna—desiring to obtain; karya—to be executed; vraja-loka—of the particular servant of Krsna in Vrndavana; anusaratah—by following in the footsteps " ’The advanced devotee who is inclined to spontaneous loving service should follow the activities of a particular associate of Krsna in Vrndavana.

He should execute service externally as a regulative devotee as well as internally from his self-realized position.

Thus he should perform devotional service both externally and internally.’

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.295).