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Šrū Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 19
“When one is completely free from all doubts and material attachments, he attains the neutral position called  śāṇṭa .”
vihāya viṣayonmukhyaṁ nijānanda-sthitir yataḥ ātmanaḥ kathyate so 'tra ṣvabhāvah śama itv aṣau
prāyaḥ śama-pradhāñanāṁ mamatā-gandha-varjitā paramātmatayā kṛṣṇe jātā śānta-ratir matā
The  śānta-rati  realization of Kṛṣṇa is in the neutral stage between the conception of impersonalism and personalism. This means that one is not very strongly attached to the personal feature of the Lord. An appreciation of the greatness of the Lord is called  śānta-rati . This is attachment not to the personal feature but to the impersonal feature. Generally, one in this stage is attached to the Paramātmā feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ‘rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā
“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” (Bg. 18.61)
On the strength of this statement from  Bhagavad-gītā , we can understand that in the  śānta-rasa , a devotee sees the Lord's representation everywhere.  Dāsya-rati  is explained in the  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (2.5.27) thus:
svasmād bhavanti ye nyūnās te ‘nugrāhyā harer matāḥ ārādhyatvātmikā teṣāṁ ratiḥ prītir itīritā tatrāsaktikṛd anyatra prīti-saṁhāriṇī hy asau
When the Supreme Lord in His localized aspect is appreciated and a great devotee understands his subordinate position, not only does he surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but, due to his subordinate position, he wishes