Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.24.30 on Siva-ratri day in Vrindavan.
“Why did Lord Rama worship Lord Siva? Srila Prabhupada gives the answer that Krishna likes to worship and serve His devotees. Krishna drove the chariot of Arjuna — it doesn’t mean that Arjuna is supreme; rather, it means that Krishna likes to serve His devotees. Krishna worshiped the feet of Sudama Brahmana — it doesn’t mean that Sudama Brhamana is supreme; rather, it means that Krishna likes to serve His devotees. So if even the Supreme Lord Himself is eager to serve and worship His devotees, then why should not one devotee be eager to serve and worship another? This is really the mood of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu — gopi-bhartur pada-kamalayor dasa-dasa-dasanudasah: ‘I am not a brahmana, I am not a kshatriya, I am not a vaisya, or a sudra. Nor am I a brahmacari, a householder, a vanaprastha, or a sannyasi. I identify myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna, the maintainer of the gopis of Vrindavan.’ That is our actual identity.”
