Question: How is that the great and rare soul Madhavendra Puri was inclined and dedicated to worship the Gopal Deity which is more in parental rasa? Since he was capable of experiencing Prema similar to the Bhava of Srimati Radharani.

Jayapataka Swami: You see, in the madhurya rasa, all the other rasas are included. So, naturally, when Gopala said He was feeling hot, and he wanted sandalwood and camphor, Madhavendra Puri wanted to supply that. There is a pastime that Narada muni asked Krsna who was...

Question: Today we see that service of Gopala accepted by Gopinathaji. However, in Rajapur temple, we heard from Your Divine Grace that the Govardhana shila and Jagannatha were complaining that the bhoga is being finished by Govardhana shila. How to understand this Gurudeva?

Jayapataka Swami: This is a transcendental pastime of the Lord. It shows that the deity is a person. Normally, we may think that the deity is wood, or some other material object, but by these pastimes, we understand that the deity is a person. Although this pastime...