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The Glories of Sri Advaita Acarya

Cc Ādi 6.42
Text
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

"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: