Ādi-līlā, Chapter 4
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মোর পুত্র, মোর সখা, মোর প্রাণপতি । 
  এইভাবে ষেই মোরে করে শুদ্ধভক্তি ॥ ২১ ॥ 
  আপনাকে বড় মানে, আমারে সম-হীন । 
  সেই ভাবে হই আমি তাহার অধীন ॥ ২২ ॥
mora putra, mora sakhā, mora prāṇa-pati 
  ei-bhāve yei more kare śuddha-bhakti
āpanāke baḍa māne, āmāre sama-hīna 
  sei bhāve ha-i āmi tāhāra adhīna
SYNONYMS
mora—my; putra—son; mora—my; sakhā—friend; mora—my; prāṇa-pati—lord of life; ei-bhāve—in this way; yei—those who; more—unto Me; kare—do; śuddha-bhakti—pure devotion; āpanāke—himself; baḍa—great; māne—he regards; āmāre—Me; sama—equal; hīna—or lower; sei bhāve—in that way; ha-i—am; āmi—l; tāhāra—to him; adhīna—subordinate.
TRANSLATION
“If one cherishes pure loving devotion to Me, thinking of Me as his son, his friend or his beloved, regarding himself as great and considering Me his equal or inferior, I become subordinate to him.
PURPORT
In  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  three kinds of devotional service are described—namely,  bhakti  (ordinary devotional service),  śuddha-bhakti  (pure devotional service) and  viddha-bhakti  (mixed devotional service).
When devotional service is executed with some material purpose, involving fruitive activities, mental speculations or mystic  yoga , it is called mixed or adulterated devotional service. Besides  bhakti-yoga ,  Bhagavad-gītā  also describes  karma-yoga ,  jñāna-yoga  and  dhyāna-yoga .  Yoga  means linking with the Supreme Lord, which is possible only through devotion. Fruitive activities ending in devotional service, philosophical speculation ending in devotional service, and the practice of mysticism ending in devotional service are known respectively as  karma-yoga ,  jñāna-yoga  and  dhyāna-yoga . But such devotional service is adulterated by the three kinds of material activities.
For those grossly engaged in identifying the body as the self, pious activity, or  karma-yoga , is recommended. For those who identify the mind with the self, philosophical speculation, or  jñāna-yoga , is recommended. But devotees standing on the spiritual platform have no need of such material conceptions of adulterated devotion. Adulterated devotional service does not directly aim for love of the