Srila Prabhupada murti, Bhaktivedanta Manor, U.K.
"The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is an ocean of auspicious qualities."
(Sri Sri Gurv-astaka, Verse 1, by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
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