His Divine Conduct Parallels That of Supreme Lord

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Gurudevsays that to follow the instructions of vaiṣṇavas is also a limb of devotion, so I am just trying to follow their instructions. Gurudev has lifted us from where we were and to where Gurudev has brought us is making us speak today. So whatever I had heard from Gurudev, I will speak the same. 

Once during Vraja-mandala parikramā, I saw one pastime of Gurudev in Kāmyavan. There were many thorns along the way to Caraṇa-pahadi and they were pricking devotees' feet. At that time Gurudev remarked that actually, the Supreme Lord is putting the dust of Vraja in our bloodstream through these thorns. Scriptures say that even Mukti Devī - liberation personified - is asking the Supreme Lord when will I get the dust of Vraja? In the same principle when everyone was busy picking thorns from their feet, Gurudev was saying that the dust of Vraja is being injected into our blood.

Among the glories of Gurudev we sing is that he is kṛṣṇa kṛpā ki ānanda mūrti dīnana karuṇā nidhana. Gurudev is the personal associate of the Supreme Lord, he is the rescuer of the fallen, and he is bliss personified. When Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja was performing the rājasūya-yajna, the Supreme Lord Himself took up service to everyone. 

Once when Guru Mahārāja was in Dehradun there was a shortage of water because of which all the cooking vessels were lying unwashed. When Gurudev got up to go to the toilet he saw the vessels, went to his room, changed his clothes, and came down and started cleaning those vessels. And he was doing it so quietly so that no devotee's sleep gets disturbed.  But in the meantime, another brahmacārī came there and he saw him doing this. Then he started shouting that Gurudev was washing the vessels. Then everyone came there and asked Gurudev why he was doing this. This is the conduct Gurudev has shown in his life just as Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa had taken a very humble service in the rājasūya-yajna. 

—Śrī Bhakti Prāśana Tyāgī Mahārāja  

Spoken in Hindi, English translation 

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