Çré Guru Is Rädhä-préya-sakhé

developed parä-bhakti, supreme devotion towards Bhagavän as well as towards guru is a very fortunate jéva, soul. Unto him all transcendental knowledge will manifest. He will understand the import of all the Vedas. Without this it will never manifest.

ŚrĪ-guru Is Rādhā-priya-sakhĪ

Çré-guru is a very dear associate of Kåñëa, kåñëa-priya-jana. He is rädhä-priya-däsé, a dear girl companion of Rädhäräëé, a rädhädäsé. Çré-guru is rädhä-däsé, rädhä-priya-sakhé, a maidservant of Rädhäräëé, like Rüpa Maïjaré. Müla-guru-tattva, the original gurutattva is nityänanda-tattva. So, by gradually descending through the parampara, that guru has come to us; that is nityänanda-tattva. Nitaicänd is both dékñä and çikñä-guru, and caitya-guru is also the manifestation of Nitaicänd. He is guru-tattva. There is only a difference of activity, lélä, nothing else.

That is why we sing this song Çré guru-caraëa-padma by Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura, describing the significance of caraëapadma, the lotus feet of çré-guru, and why they are compared to the lotus flower.