He Attributes All Spiritual Qualities to Guruvarga

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I used to tell Gurudeva that I had not seen any other Maharaj doing nritya kirtan like him. He would reply that he had learned it from my Gurudeva and from Jajavar Goswami Maharaj, who was next of our Math and also very dear to Param Gurudeva and loves our Gurudeva very much. Guru Maharaj expressed so much feeling for Jajavar Maharaj. He said, "He taught me nritya kirtan." 

Also staying in Chaitanya Math there was one Sarangadev Goswami Maharaj, who was also the in charge of the publication department. He used to engage Guru Maharaj. Guru Maharaj was telling that Sarangadev Goswami Maharaj taught him proofreading and printing.

—Rasavihari Das, Jammu

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