eka mahÄprabhu, Ära prabhu duijana
dui prabhu seve mahÄprabhura caraṇa
eka mahÄprabhu - one MahÄprabhu, or the supreme predominator; Ära prabhu duijana - and the other two (NityÄnanda and Advaita) are two prabhus (masters); dui prabhu - the two prabhus (NityÄnanda and Advaita GosÄñi); seve - serve; mahÄprabhura - of the supreme predominator, Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu; caraṇa - the lotus feet.
One of Them is MahÄprabhu, and the other two are prabhus. These two prabhus serve the lotus feet of MahÄprabhu.
Although ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, ÅšrÄ« NityÄnanda Prabhu and ÅšrÄ« Advaita Prabhu all belong to the same Viṣṇu category, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu is nevertheless accepted as the Supreme, and the other two prabhus engage in His transcendental loving service to teach ordinary living entities that every one of us is subordinate to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. In another place in the Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Ä€di 5.142) it is said, ekale Ä«Å›vara kṛṣṇa, Ära saba bhá¹›tya: the only supreme master is Kṛṣṇa, and all others, both viṣṇu-tattva and jÄ«va-tattva, engage in the service of the Lord. Both the viṣṇu-tattva (as NityÄnanda Prabhu and Advaita) and the jÄ«va-tattva (Å›rÄ«vÄsÄdi-gaura-bhakta-vá¹›nda) engage in the service of the Lord, but one must distinguish between the viṣṇu-tattva servitors and the jÄ«va-tattva servitors. The jÄ«va-tattva servitor, the spiritual master, is actually the servitor God. As explained in previous verses, in the absolute world there are no such differences, yet one must observe these differences in order to distinguish the Supreme from His subordinates.
