CC Madhya 10.143 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 143
- tāṅhāre āpana-sevā karāite nā yuyāya
- guru ājñā diyāchena, ki kari upāya
SYNONYMS
tāṅhāre—him; āpana-sevā—personal service; karāite—to engage to do; nā yuyāya—is not befitting; guru—the spiritual master; ājñā—order; diyāchena—has given; ki—what; kari—can I do; upāya—remedy.
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 or try to engage him as a servant. 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.