CC Madhya 16.239
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 239
অন্তরে নিষ্ঠা কর, বাহ্যে লোকব্যবহার ।
অচিরাৎ কৃষ্ণ তোমায় করিবে উদ্ধার ॥ ২৩৯ ॥
অচিরাৎ কৃষ্ণ তোমায় করিবে উদ্ধার ॥ ২৩৯ ॥
antare niṣṭhā kara, bāhye loka-vyavahāra
acirāt kṛṣṇa tomāya karibe uddhāra
acirāt kṛṣṇa tomāya karibe uddhāra
Word by word
antare — within the heart; niṣṭhā kara — keep strong faith; bāhye — externally; loka-vyavahāra — behavior like ordinary men; acirāt — very soon; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; tomāya — unto you; karibe — will do; uddhāra — liberation.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Within your heart you should keep yourself very faithful, but externally you may behave like an ordinary man. Thus Kṛṣṇa will soon be very pleased and deliver you from the clutches of māyā.”