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The Bedā-kūrtana Pastiimes
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bhāgavatāmṛta  (2.4) by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. The words  viṣṇor ārādhanam  refer to the worship of Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa. Thus the supreme form of worship is the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It is further concluded that the worshiper of Lord Viṣṇu renders better service by worshiping the devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa. There are different types of devotees—those in the  śānta-rasa ,  dāsya-rasa ,  sakhya-rasa ,  vātsalya-rasa  and  mādhurya-rasa . Although all the  rasas  are on the transcendental platform, the  mādhurya-rasa  is the supreme transcendental mellow. Consequently it is concluded that the worship of devotees engaged in the Lord's service in the  mādhurya-rasa  is the supreme spiritual activity. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His followers mainly worship Lord Kṛṣṇa in the  mādhurya-rasa . Other Vaiṣṇava  ācāryas  recommended worship up to the  vātsalya-rasa . Therefore Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his  Vidagdha-mādhava  (1.2) describes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's cult as supreme:
anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in this age of Kali to exhibit the superexcellence of  mādhurya-rasa , a gift never previously bestowed by any  ācārya  or incarnation. Consequently Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is accepted as the most magnanimous incarnation. It is He only who distributed love of Kṛṣṇa while exhibiting the superexcellence of loving Kṛṣṇa in the conjugal  rasa .
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হরণপা হল্লতপসঃ সেবা বৈকুণ্ঠব্যন্ত ॥॥
ষত্রোপগীষ্মতে নিত্যং দেবদেবো জনাৰ্দনঃ ॥ ৩২ ॥
durāpā hy alpa-tapasaḥ 
    sevā vaikuṇṭha-vartmasu 
    yatropagīyate nityaṁ 
    deva-devo janārdanaḥ
SYNONYMS
durāpā  —very difficult to achieve;  hi  —certainly;  alpa-tapasaḥ  —by a person not advanced in spiritual life;  sevā  —service;  vaikuṇṭha-vartmasu  —unto persons on the path back home, back to Godhead;  yatra  —wherein;  upagīyate  —is worshiped and glorified;  nityam  —regularly;  deva-devaḥ  —the Supreme Personality of God-head;  janārdanaḥ  —Lord Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
“ Those whose austerity is meager can hardly obtain the service of the pure devotees progressing on the path back to the kingdom of Godhead, the