Krishna is the master of Indra. And yet he has appeared as the master of cows; the Supreme Absolute Truth has accepted a simple position as the keeper of cows.

The Yamuna River starts out clear as rainwater from a lake and hot spring at the foot of a glacier, 19,200 feet up in the Himalayas. But for much of its 853-mile length, it is now one of the world’s most defiled rivers.

Much has been published revealing the loving friendship of Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Goswami and Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, but it is also important for us to know Srila Sridhara Maharaja as he stands alone, fully illustrious in his own right.

A brahmachari for his entire life, Narottama dasa visited all the places of pilgrimage. He was on the highest platform of devotional achievement. (Bhakti-ratnakara 1.256)