Today is a super excellent auspicious day as it is the disappearance day of Madhavendra Puripada. I want to speak about him, who among our Gaudiya Vaishnavas, is called the sprout of prema of Vrindavana. That is prema-ankura— prema means divine love and ankura means sprout. Combined, it means the sprout of divine love of Sri Radha and Krishna. So, Madhavendra Puripada is very important in our guru-parampara. He was a disciple of Lakshmipati Tirtha, and he gave diksha to Ishva