Srila Prabhupada said; "And when one understands that he is not a master—he is servant—and the real master is Kṛṣṇa, that is liberation."
Tamohara dasa; The word "servant" in the world is tainted with visions of abuse and low-class versus upper class. Anyone who hears this word 'servant' thinks immediately of exploitation by the rich of poorer persons. But Krsna is Atmarama, He does not need any service of any kind. However, we the jivas are given full opportunity to associate with the topmost Being, and that must necessarily contain some degree of "subserviant" as we are comparatively tiny and Krsna is very great. Still He prefers to foget that He is Godhead, and engage with us as His equals, such as His cowherd friends or even Superiors, such as Yasoda Nanda, so there is no abusive exploitive relationship there. To be servant of the Supreme is to become oneself part and parcel of that Supreme, to identify with Him, and thus the notion of higher and lower vanishes in the light of loving exchange.
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