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So bhaktya anuvrtya. Anuvrtya means following. Not that I have become more than my guru, I can invent something. No. Bhakti means sadhu-marganugamanam. [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.74] You have to follow the sadhu, the acarya. That is bhakti. Bhakti does not mean that I am so learned I can manufacture something. That is rascal. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, gopi-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dasa-dasa-dasa-dasanudasaḥ. That is bhakti. You have to become servant of the servant of the servant of the servant [Cc Madhya 13.80].    (More...)

Prabhupada: That's all right, but he remains a disciple of his guru. He will never say that "Now I have become guru, so I don't care for my guru." He will never say. Just like I am doing, but I am worshiping my guru still. So I remain subordinate to my guru, always. Even though I have become guru, still I am subordinate to my guru.    (More...)