tomÄra á¹hÄñi ÄilÄá¹…a tomÄra mahimÄ Å›uniyÄ
tumi more stuti kara 'sannyÄsÄ«' jÄniyÄ
tomÄra á¹hÄñi - to your presence; ÄilÄá¹…a - I have come; tomÄra - your; mahimÄ - glories; Å›uniyÄ - hearing; tumi - you; more - Me; stuti - praising; kara - do; sannyÄsÄ« - a person in the renounced order of life; jÄniyÄ - knowing as.
ÅšrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« ṬhÄkura explains that a mundane person, being enriched by mundane opulences, must always know that the transcendental opulences of the advanced devotees are far more important than the materialistic opulences of a person like himself. A materialistic person with material opulences should not be very proud or puffed up before a transcendental devotee. If one approaches a transcendental devotee on the strength of one’s material heritage, opulence, education and beauty and does not offer respect to the advanced devotee of the Lord, the Vaiṣṇava devotee may offer formal respects to such a materially puffed-up person, but he may not deliver transcendental knowledge to him. Indeed, the devotee sees him as a non-brÄhmaṇa or śūdra. Such a puffed-up person cannot understand the science of Kṛṣṇa. A proud person is deceived in transcendental life and, despite having attained a human form, will again glide into hellish conditions. By His personal example, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu explains how one should be submissive and humble before a Vaiṣṇava, even though one may be situated on a high platform. Such is the teaching of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu as the ÄcÄrya of the world, the supreme spiritual master and teacher.