CC Madhya 17.170 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 170
- prabhu kahe,—“tumi ‘guru’, āmi ‘śiṣya’-prāya
- ‘guru’ hañā ‘śiṣye’ namaskāra nā yuyāya
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; tumi—you; guru—My spiritual master; āmi—I; śiṣya-prāya—like your disciple; guru hañā—being the spiritual master; śiṣye—unto the disciple; namaskāra—obeisances; nā yuyāya—is not befitting.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “You are on the platform of My spiritual master, and I am your disciple. Since you are My spiritual master, it is not befitting that you offer Me obeisances.”