viÅ›eá¹£e kÄyastha-buddhye antare kare á¸ara
mukhe tarje garje, mÄrite sabhaya antara
viÅ›eá¹£e - specifically; kÄyastha-buddhye - considering a kÄyastha; antare - within his heart; kare á¸ara - is afraid; mukhe - with his mouth; tarje garje - threatens; mÄrite - to beat; sa-bhaya - afraid; antara - at heart.
Indeed, the caudhurÄ« was afraid of RaghunÄtha dÄsa because RaghunÄtha dÄsa belonged to the kÄyastha community. Although the caudhurÄ« would chastise him with oral vibrations, he was afraid to beat him.
RaghunÄtha dÄsa belonged to a very aristocratic family of the kÄyastha community. He had substantial influence with the local people, and therefore the caudhurÄ«, or minister, was afraid to beat him. Superficially he would chastise RaghunÄtha dÄsa with threatening vibrations, but he did not beat him. The members of the kÄyastha community in India are generally very intelligent and expert in business management. Formerly they were mostly government officers. They were mentioned even by YÄjñavalkya, as quoted by ÅšrÄ«la Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura in his Amá¹›ta-pravÄha-bhÄá¹£ya:
cÄá¹a-taskara-durvá¹›ttair mahÄ-sÄhasikÄdibhiḥ
pÄ«á¸yamÄnÄ prajÄ raká¹£et kÄyasthaiÅ› ca viÅ›eá¹£ataḥ
From this verse it appears that the governmental officials of the kÄyastha community would sometimes chastise the citizens, and thus it was the duty of the king to protect the people in general from the atrocities of the kÄyasthas. In Bengal the kÄyastha community is honored almost as much as the brÄhmaṇa community, but in the up-country of India the kÄyasthas are considered śūdras because they generally eat meat and drink wine. In any case, from history the kÄyasthas appear very intelligent. Thus the Muslim caudhurÄ« was afraid of RaghunÄtha dÄsa because he belonged to the kÄyastha community.
