गोपीभावैर्दासभावैरीशभावैः क्वचित्क्वचित् ।
आत्मतन्त्रः स्वात्मरतः शिक्षयन्स्वजनानयम् ॥
gopī-bhāvair dāsa-bhāvair īśa-bhāvaiḥ kvacit kvacit |
ātma-tantraḥ svātma-rataḥ śikṣayan svajanān ayam ||
(Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.3.17)
“With the bhāvas of a gopī, the bhāvas of a servant, and the bhāvas of the Lord from time to time [i.e., at various times adopting these various bhāvas] he who is self-sufficient and satisfied within his own self [i.e., Bhagavān Caitanya Mahāprabhu] taught his own people.”