CC Madhya 17.170
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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."