CC Madhya 10.143
Bengali
তাঁহারে আপন-সেবা করাইতে না ষুয়ায় ।
গুরু আজ্ঞা দিয়াছেন, কি করি উপায় ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
গুরু আজ্ঞা দিয়াছেন, কি করি উপায় ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
Verse text
tāṅhāre āpana-sevā karāite nā yuyāya
guru ājñā diyāchena, ki kari upāya
guru ājñā diyāchena, ki kari upāya
Synonyms
Translation
“As such, it is not befitting that the guru’s servant should engage in My personal service. Yet My spiritual master has given this order. What shall I do?”
Purport
A guru’s servants or disciples are all Godbrothers to one another, and as such they should all respect one another as prabhu, or master. No one should disrespect his Godbrother. For this reason Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya what to do about Govinda. Govinda was the personal servant of Īśvara Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s spiritual master, and now Īśvara Purī had ordered Govinda to become Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s personal servant. So what was to be done? This was the inquiry Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu placed before Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, an experienced friend.