Adi-lila, Chapter 6 543
caitanya-gosdnhike acarya kare ‘prabhu’-jfidna
dpanake karena tanra ‘ddsa’-abhimdana
SYNONYMS
caitanya-gosdnhike—unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dcdrya— Advaita Acarya; kare—
does; prabhu-jndna--considering His master; dpanake—unto Himself; karena—
does; tarira—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dd@sa—as a servant; abhimdna—conception.
TRANSLATION
Sri Advaita Acarya, however, considers Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu His master,
and He thinks of Himself as a servant of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
PURPORT
The Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu of Ripa Gosvami explains the superexcellent quality
of devotional service as follows:
brahmanando bhaved esa
cet parardha-gunikrtah
naiti bhakti-sukhambhodheh
paramanu-tulam 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 Bhavartha-dipika
states:
tvat-kathamrta-pathodhau
viharanto mahd-mudah
kurvanti krtinah kecic
catur-vargarn trnopamam
“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 activi-
ties of the Lord.’’ Those who engage in the transcendental service of the lotus feet
of Krsna, being relieved of all material enjoyment, have no attraction to topics of
impersonal monism. In the Padma Purana, in connection with the glorification of
the month of Karttika, it is stated that devotees pray:
varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va
na canyam vrne ‘harm varesad apiha
