Ādi-līlā, Chapter 6
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caitanya-gosāñike ācārya kare 'prabhu'-jñāna āpanāke karena tāṅra 'dāsa'-abhimāna
SYNONYMS
caitanya-gosāñike —unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  ācārya —Advaita Ācārya;  kare —does;  prabhu-jñāna —considering His master;  āpanāke —unto Himself;  karena —does;  tāṅra —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  dāsa —as a servant;  abhimāna —conception.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Advaita Ācārya, however, considers Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu His master, and He thinks of Himself as a servant of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
PURPORT
The  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  of Rūpa Gosvāmī explains the superexcellent quality of devotional service as follows:
brahmānando bhaved eṣa cet parārdha-guṇīkṛtaḥ naiti bhakti-sukhāmbhodheḥ paramāṇu-tulām api
“If multiplied billions of times, the transcendental pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization still could not compare to even an atomic portion of the ocean of  bhakti , or transcendental service.” (B.r.s. 1.1.38) Similarly, the  Bhāvārtha-dīpikā  states:
tvat-kathāmṛta-pāthodhau viharanto mahā-mudaḥ kurvanti kṛtinaḥ kecic catur-vargaṁ tṛṇopamam
“For those who take pleasure in the transcendental topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the four progressive realizations of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, all combined together, cannot compare, any more than a straw, to the happiness derived from hearing about the transcendental activities of the Lord.” Those who engage in the transcendental service of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, being relieved of all material enjoyment, have no attraction to topics of impersonal monism. In the  Padma Purāṇa , in connection with the glorification of the month of Kārttika, it is stated that devotees pray:
varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā na cānyaṁ vṛṇe 'haṁ vareśād apīha