Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.8
atha guravaḥ –
[atha guravah –]
adhikaṁ-manya-bhāvena śikṣā-kāritayāpi ca |
[adhikam-manya-bhaavena shikshaa-kaaritayaapi cha |]
lālakatvādināpy atra vibhāvā guravo matāḥ ||8||
[laalakatvaadinaapy atra vibhaavaa guravo mataah ||8||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha guravaḥ –
adhikaṁ-manya-bhāvena śikṣā-kāritayāpi ca |
lālakatvādināpy atra vibhāvā guravo matāḥ ||8||
The elders (āśraya): The elders become vibhāva of vatsala-rasa by thinking themselves greater than Kṛṣṇa, protecting Him and teaching Him.
Purport
This kind of parental love is generated in a devotee out of his conviction, in love, that he himself is superior to Kṛṣṇa and that without being taken care of by such a devotee Kṛṣṇa could not possibly live.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary
The instrumental case is used in describing the elders to emphasize their specific qualities.
My note
Source: vedabase.io