All the sastras have given so much glorification of Sri Gurudeva. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has written Sri Guruvastakam. In these slokas, he has truly glorified Sri Guru, from the first verse to the last. I have explained about these slokas in Germany, especially 'samsara davanala lidha loka tranaya karunya ghanaghanatvam.' Krsna's condensed mercy is Sri Guru. What is he doing? 'sri vigraharadhana nitya nana'—he is always serving Sri Vigraha, Krsna Himself and Srimati Radhika Herself. He is always directly serving the Deity by making preparations and performing arcana, worship.
He is always engaged in sravanam, hearing, kirtana, glorifying, smaranam, remembering and so on. He offers four kinds of naivedya bhoga, foodstuffs, to Krsna, and he honors that prasadam along with all the devotees. He does not take prasadam alone. 'Sri radhika madhavayor apara'— he is always very lolu, greedy, to taste the entirety of the guna, rupa, nama—the qualities, form and names of Sri Radha and Krsna.
Moreover, 'nikuñja yuno rati-keli-siddhai'— this sloka reveals the very confidential character of Sri Guru, and this is why it is said further, 'saksad-dharitvena.' He is not Hari, but he is 'haritvena.' All the qualities of Hari are embodied in him. He is not Krsna and he is not Mahaprabhu, but all the qualities of Krsna and Mahaprabhu are directly in him. He is the eternal, very high class confidential servant of Srimati Radhika and Sri Krsna.
Murwillumbah, Australia: January 24, 2001