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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

"My Lord, I do not worship You to be liberated from this material entanglement, nor do I wish to save myself from the hellish condition of material existence, nor do I ever pray for a beautiful wife to enjoy in a nice garden. I wish only that I may always be in full ecstasy with the pleasure of serving Your Lordship." (M.m.s. 4) In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also there are many instances in the Third and Fourth cantos in which devotees pray to the Lord simply to be engaged in His service, and nothing else (Bhāg. 3.4.15, 3.25.34, 3.25.36, 4.8.22, 4.9.10 and 4.20.24).